The Heron Rookery in Porter County, Indiana, was set aside to protect the nesting grounds of the great blue heron (Ardea herodias). In 1980, the Indiana State Department of Correction transferred 69 acres (28 ha) to the National Park Service in exchange for 33 acres (13 ha) of land at Hoosier Prairie.[1] In 1982, the Youth Conservation Corp constructed the trail and parking at the east side of the unit on County Road 600 E.
^A Signature of Time and Eternity: The Administrative History of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana; Ron Cockrell, National Park Service, 1988
The HeronRookery in Porter County, Indiana, was set aside to protect the nesting grounds of the great blue heron (Ardea herodias). In 1980, the Indiana...
Look up rookery in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A rookery is a colony breeding rooks, and more broadly a colony of several types of breeding animals...
outlying areas, including Pinhook Bog, in LaPorte County to the east; the HeronRookery in Porter County, the center of the park; and the Hoosier Prairie State...
the free dictionary. A heronry, sometimes called a heronrookery, is a breeding ground for herons. Although their breeding territories are often on more...
blue herons, though sometimes they nest alongside other species of herons. These groups are called a heronry (a more specific term than "rookery"). The...
including terns, herons, songbirds, and pelicans used to be found on the island. A survey in 1995 counted 609 nesting pairs in a heronrookery on the island...
to the Illinois Audubon Society, the heronrookery located within the lake is "by far the most valuable rookery in all of Illinois ... a site of outstanding...
moraine. A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) rookery was protected and made part of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in 1980. The herons, numbering 98 nesting...
Wisconsin shore of Lake Superior. Eagle Island has the only great blue heronrookery in the park." Good examples of the sea caves of the Great Lakes are...
the Chippewa River. Additionally, it is home to a large great blue heronrookery. The site was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1973. "National...
15-acre island that serves as one of the largest heron and gull rookeries in the Midwest. Fourmile Island Rookery State Natural Area is located in central Dodge...
island's habitat for its rare great blue herons. The bar is West Virginia's largest great blue heronrookery. The Nature Conservancy turned over Fish...
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve protects 110,000 acres of coastal lands and waters at the northern end of the Ten Thousand Islands on...
and a colony of bats, as well as serving as an important great blue heronrookery. A recent conservation program in the area between the State of Washington...
late 1960s to ensure protection of the island's great blue heronrookery. Over a thousand herons return to breed every April. It was declared a National...
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accessible at several locations. The upper reaches are viewable in the HeronRookery. The midsection is parallel to the Calumet Trail from the Bailly/Chellberg...
separates the wetland from the main barge channel is home to a large Heronrookery. Prior to Army Corps depositing the dredging in the 60's the wetland's...
home to one of the largest great blue heronrookeries in northern New York State, where over one thousand herons return to breed each April. The uninhabited...
development because it had been a heronrookery. A storm in 1906 blew down most of the trees from the center of the island. The herons moved to the nearby Wawatasso...
The area is hills that are mostly forested as well as a great blue heronrookery. The Woodland Trail is a 1.3 miles (2.1 km) disabled-accessible trail...
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