Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area

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Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area, Illinois, USA
IUCN Category IV (Habitat/Species Management Area)
Map of the U.S. state of Illinois showing the location of Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
Location	Jasper County, Illinois, USA
Nearest city	Newton, Illinois
Coordinates	38°54′46″N 88°18′20″W / 38.91278, -88.30556
Area	1,775 acres (7.18 km²)
Established	1979
Governing body	Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on 1,775 acres (7.18 km²) in Jasper County, Illinois, United States. The park's grasslands are home to the largest of the three remaining Greater Prairie Chicken flocks in Illinois.

[edit] References

Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area. Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved on 2007-05-25.
USGS. "Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area, USGS Latona (IL) Quad", TopoZone. Retrieved on 2007-05-25.

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National Forests	Shawnee National Forest

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State Forests	Big River • Hidden Springs • Lowden-Miller • Sand Ridge • Trail of Tears

State Recreation Areas	Clinton Lake • Eagle Creek • Eldon Hazlet • Frank Holten • Golconda Marina • Johnson-Sauk Trail • Kickapoo • Moraine View • North Point Marina • Prophetstown • Pyramid • Ramsey Lake • Randolph County • Sangchris Lake • Stephen A. Forbes • Washington County • Wayne Fitzgerrell • Weldon Springs • William W. Powers

State Fish & Wildlife Areas	Anderson Lake • Baldwin Lake • Banner Marsh • Carlyle Lake • Coffeen Lake • Crawford County • Des Plaines • Edward R. Madigan • Green River • Hamilton County • Heidecke Lake • Horseshoe Lake (Alexander County) • Iroquois • Kaskaskia River • Kinkaid Lake • Kishwaukee River • LaSalle Lake • Mackinaw River • Marshall • Mautino • Mazonia/Braidwood • Mermet Lake • Middle Fork • Mississippi River • Newton Lake • Jim Edgar Panther Creek • Peabody River • Ray Norbut • Rend Lake • Rice Lake • Saline County • Sam Dale Lake • Sam Parr • Sanganois • Shelbyville • Silver Springs • Snakeden Hollow • Spring Lake • Ten Mile Creek • Turkey Bluffs • Union County • Woodford

State Natural Areas	Cache River • Fults Hill Prairie • Goose Lake Prairie • Harry "Babe" Woodyard • Illinois Caverns • Kidd Lake • Piney Creek Ravine • Sielbeck Forest • Spitler Woods • Volo Bog

National & State Trails	Lewis and Clark • Mormon Pioneer • Trail of Tears • Tunnel Hill

Illinois Department of Natural Resources