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  Illinois Wild Mammals Trunk

Are you teaching about mammals? Borrow an Illinois Wild Mammals Trunk to supplement your lessons. Developed by the IDNR Division of Education, these supplemental kits are available for loan to educators at lending locations statewide. Each trunk, which is a large plastic container, is filled with field guides, CD-ROMs, a DVD, fur samples, skulls, track and scat replicas, lessons, activity sheets, posters and other items. Targeted Grades: PreK - 8

Click here to see a list of the contents of this trunk.

Lending locations are listed below. Call or email to make your reservation. A two-week loan period is suggested. There is no charge to borrow the trunk, although a refundable deposit may be requested.

Lending Locations

Click here to see a Google Earth map of the trunk locations.
NOTE: In order to view this map, you must have Google Earth installed on your computer. To obtain the free download, visit http://www.google.com/earth/index.html.

County

Site

City

Phone Number

E-Mail Address

Adams

Siloam Springs State Park

Clayton

217-894-6205

jim.assell@illinois.gov

Bureau  

Hennepin Canal Parkway State Trail

Sheffield

815-454-2328

Dnr.HennepinCanal@illinois.gov

Champaign

Anita Purves Nature Center

Urbana

217-384-4062

naturecenter@UrbanaParks.org

Clinton  

Eldon Hazlet State Park          

Carlyle

618-594-3015

john.bunnell@illinois.gov

Coles

Fox Ridge State Park

Charleston

217-345-6416

foxridge@dnrmail.state.il.us
Cook Sagawau Environmental Education Center Lemont 630-257-2045 laura.brown@cookcountyil.gov
Cook Chicago Botanic Garden Glencoe 847-835-8253

rammann@chicagobotanic.org

Cook Wetlands Discovery Center Park Forest 708-748-2005 jjoyce@vopf.com
Cook The Grove Glenview 847-299-6096 krisvanvoorhis@glenviewparkdist.org
Cook Irons Oaks Environmental Center Olympia Fields 708-481-2330 ext. 202 kjoslin@hfparks.com

Cook

Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum      

Chicago

773-755-5112 

teacherprograms@naturemuseum.org
Cook Shedd Aquarium Chicago 312-692-3165 teacherservices@sheddaquarium.org

Cook

William Powers State Recreation Area

Chicago

773-646-3270

dnr.wm.powers@illinois.gov

De Witt

Weldon Springs State Park                      

Clinton

217-935-0373

carol.thompson@illinois.gov
Du Page Du Page County Forest Preserve District Oak Brook (available at other education centers, too) 630-206-9586 ndahlin@dupageforest.com
Du Page Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum Lisle 630-829-6546 jmarin@ben.edu
Du Page The Morton Arboretum Lisle 630-725-2118 cgrabski@mortonarb.org
Effingham Ballard Nature Center Altamont 618-483-6856 ballardnc@frontiernet.net

Franklin        

IDNR Region V Office

Benton

618-435-8130

josie.walter@illinois.gov

Fulton  

Dickson Mounds Museum

Lewistown

309-547-3721

cchristensen@museum.state.il.us

Grundy

Goose Lake Prairie State Park

Morris 

815-942-2899

char.mcdade@illinois.gov

Grundy

Gebhard Woods State Park

Morris 

815-942-0796

jill.jackson@illinois.gov
Jackson        Giant City State Park  

Makanda

618-457-4836

micheal.cralley@illinois.gov
Jersey Pere Marquette State Park Grafton 618-786-3323 scott.isringhausen@illinois.gov
Johnson Cache River State Natural Area Belknap 618-657-2064 molie.oliver@illinois.gov
Kane Hawthorne Hill Nature Center Elgin 847-531-7055 teamnature@owc.net
Kane Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation Dundee 847-428-2240 info@mcgrawwildlife.org
Kankakee Kankakee River State Park Bourbonnais 815-933-1383 stacey.johnson@illinois.gov

La Salle

Starved Rock State Park

Utica

815-667-5351

leo.trainor@illinois.gov

Lake

Volo Bog State Natural Area  

Ingleside

815-344-1294

stacy.iwanicki@illinois.gov

Macon

Rock Springs Nature Center

Decatur

217-423-7708

mccd@maconcountyconservation.org
Macoupin Bunker Hill Public Library District Bunker Hill 618-585-4736 bhlibrary1867@gmail.com

Massac  

Fort Massac State Park

Metropolis

618-524-4712

chris.mcginness@illinois.gov
Massac Mermet Lake Conservation Area Belknap 618-524-5577 chris.mcginness@illinois.gov

McDonough 

Argyle Lake State Park

Colchester

309-776-3422

bridget.hinchee@illinois.gov

McDonough WIU Elementary Education Macomb 309-298-1777 or 309-298-1258 DT-Powers@wiu.edu
McHenry McHenry County Conservation District Crystal Lake 815-479-5779 education@mccdistrict.org

McLean

Children's Discovery Museum

Normal

309-433-3449

bthomas@normal.org
McLean Sugar Grove Nature Center McLean 309-874-2174 info@sugargrovenaturecenter.org
Peoria Two Rivers Professional Development Center Peoria 309-673-1040 rmooberry@peoriaroe48.net

Peoria  

Wildlife Prairie State Park

Peoria 

309-676-0998

saramackey@wildlifeprairiestatepark.org

Randolph  

Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area/Baldwin Lake

Baldwin

618-785-2555

joseph.middleton@illinois.gov
Rock Island

Mississippi River Visitors' Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Rock Island 309-794-5338 LouAnn.McCracken@usace.army.mil
Rock Island Western Illinois University Moline 309-762-3999 ext. 262 DT-Powers@wiu.ed

Sangamon  

IDNR Educational Services Section

Springfield

217-524-4126

dnr.teachkids@illinois.gov
Sangamon Regional Office of Education Staff Development Center Springfield 217-585-8090 jdahl@roe51sdc.org

Wabash  

Beall Woods State Park

Mt. Carmel

618-298-2441

jacque.hallam@illinois.gov
Wayne IDNR District Office Fairfield 618-842-2179 mary.hurley@illinois.gov

Whiteside  

IDNR Region I Office

Sterling

815-625-2968

ruth.siemert@illinois.gov
Will IDNR Office Wilmington 815-476-0109 tom.gargrave@illinois.gov
Will Will County Forest Preserve District Joliet 815-727-8700 jprince@fpdwc.org
Winnebago Burpee Museum of Natural History Rockford 815-965-3433 ext. 1020 Kathleen.Scordato@burpee.org
Winnebago KIDS Loves Park 815-636-3040 sbooth@kidsroe.org


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