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| Kankakee Sands | |
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 Historic Beaver Lake area, drained in the early 1900s for farmland. Bogus Island in now the bison viewing area. | |
  Location within the state of Indiana | |
| Nearest city | Morocco, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 41°03′00″N 87°27′36″W / 41.05000°N 87.46000°W |
| Established | 2016 |
| Governing body | The Nature Conservancy |
Kankakee Sands is a 10,000-acre (4,000 ha) restored tallgrass prairie in Kankakee County, Illinois and Newton County, Indiana.[1][2] It is managed by The Nature Conservancy staff and volunteers. The Efroymson Restoration at Kankakee Sands is 8,400 acres (3,400 ha) of prairies and wetlands connecting Willow Slough Fish and Wildlife Area, Beaver Lake Nature Preserve, Conrad Savanna Nature Preserve and Conrad Station Savanna. This creates over 20,000 acres (8,100 ha) of dry, mesic and wet sand prairies, sand blows, sedge meadows, wetlands, and black oak savannas.