Several online petitions are available as well. Visit and sign each of them. Public pressure is what helped save a few of the parks, so continued pressure will keep these valuable resources in the spotlight.

Apple River Fort, Elizabeth http://www.appleriverfort.org

Black Hawk State Historic Site http://www.blackhawkpark.org/

Bishop Hill Museum, Bishop Hill (Colony Church and Bjorklund Hotel) http://www.illinoishistory.gov /hs/ bishop_hill.htm

Cahokia Courthouse, Cahokia http://www.illinoishistory.gov /hs/ cahokia_courthouse.htm

Fort de Chartres, Prairie du Rocher http://www.ftdechartres.com

Fort Kaskaskia, Ellis Grove http://www.illinoishistory.gov /hs/ fort_kaskaskia.htm

Jubilee College, near Brimfield http://www.illinoishistory.gov /hs/ jubilee_college.htm

Lincoln Log Cabin, near Charleston http://www.lincolnlogcabin.org/

Pierre Menard Home, Ellis Grove http://www.illinoishistory.gov /hs/ pierre_menard.htm

Old Statehouse, Vandalia http://www.illinoishistory.gov /hs/ vandalia_statehouse.htm

Carl Sandburg Home, Galesburg http://www.illinoishistory.gov /hs/ carl_sandburg.htm

Castle Rock State Park, Oregon http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/ Landmgt/PARKS/R1/ CASTLE.HTM

Lowden State Park, Oregon http://dnr.state.il.us/LANDS/ LANDMGT/PARKS/R1/ LOWDENSP.HTM

Illini State Park, Marseilles http://dnr.state.il.us/LANDS/ LANDMGT/PARKS/I&M/EAST/ ILLINI/ Park.htm

Hidden Springs State Forest, Strasburg

http://dnr.state.il.us/LANDS/ LANDMGT/parks/r3/ Hsforest.htm

Moraine View State Park, Leroy http://dnr.state.il.us/LANDS/ LANDMGT/PARKS/R3/ MORAINE.HTM

Weldon Springs State Park, Clinton

http://dnr.state.il.us/LANDS/ LANDMGT/parks/r3/ Weldonra.htm

Wolf Creek State Park, Windsor http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/ Landmgt/PARKS/R3/ WOLFCREK.HTM

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You will want to mark your calendar for May 2010. That’s the opening of Green Mill Village.

Powered by wind and solar energy, it is much more than a great hotel, spa and meeting place.

It is truly the sustainable model that
could
change the world.