2023 – I-88 Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway

In 2023 we began our full corridor surveys along the 96 miles of  I-88 and established long term monitoring sites at Bliss Woods and McDowell Grove.

Along I-88 there are:

• • • • 40 county-level Forest Preserves (Lee Co – 1, Kane Co – 23, and DuPage Co –  16)
      • 104 municipal parks
      • 103.33 ha of public lands in the RPBB High Potential Zone
      • 104.91 ha of public lands in the RPBB Low Potential Zone
      • 28.93 ha of public lands with at least 51% canopy cover
      • 81 stream crossings
      • 1,421 ha of 681 wetlands

Within 1 mile there are:

• • • 2 Illinois Nature Preserve Commission sites (INPCs)
      • Almon Underwood Prairie Nature Preserve and Belmont Prairie Nature Preserve
    • 10 Illinois Natural Areas Inventory sites
      • Herrick Lake Forest Preserve, Ashton East Geological Area, Lyman Woods, Morton Arboretum, Bliss Woods Marsh, Carson Marsh, Lakin Hill Prairie, Fullersburg Woods Nature Center, Belmont Prairie, and Arlene Shoemaker Flatwoods

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Report Citations

Mui, Jennifer M., Janet L. Jarvis, Anastasia A. Rahlin, and Michael J. Dreslik. 2023. Initial Assessment of Biotic Resources along the I-94 and I-88 Corridors. Illinois Natural History Survey Technical Report 2023(2):1–42.

Rahlin, Anastasia A., K.C. Carter, Katrina A. Cotten, Sarah A. Douglass, Hugo Y. Ruellen, Jennifer M. Mui, Janet L. Jarvis, Ethan J. Kessler, and Michael J. Dreslik. 2023. Biological Monitoring of DuPage, Kane, and Lake County Sites in 2023. Illinois Natural History Survey Technical Report 2023(49):1–119.