Trees

When American began settling Illinois, forests occupied an estimated 14 million

acres, (40%). Forest did drop to a low of 3.0 million acres. But today forest land is around

4.3 million acres of land, (12%) percent of the State’s land. (IL Natural Survey

Division1960 and North Central R.S., www.ncrs.fs.fed.us)

Lockjaw Tetanus bacilli

Tetanus bacilli also called lockjaw

MorelsMorchella

Depending on conditions, morels are commonly found by dead elm trees, old apple orchards, black cherry

trees, or from the result of a previous year's fire. (Thomas J. Volk, The morel life cycle,

http://tomvolkfungi.net/)

Mosquito

Turkey Meleagris gallopavo silvestris

Between 1959 and 1967, Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) brought in wild

turkeys from Mississippi, Arkansas, and West Virginia. After raising a flock, IDNR biologists

relocated these turkeys to other counties. Now there are approximately 150,000 wild

turkey in Illinois. (University of Illinois Extension Eastern, Wild Turkey,

web.extension.uiuc.edu)