Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish
and Wildlife Area design

Client: Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Location: Cass County, Ill.

We incorporated data gathered from environmental studies conducted at the 15,574-acre Jim Edgar Panther Creek (JEPC) State Fish and Wildlife Area into a GIS database. Data included an inventory and mapping of all natural communities at the JEPC area, and field investigations for aquatic resources, wetlands, threatened and endangered species and cultural resources within the impact area.

Mapped coverage included property boundaries, roads, streams, potential lake sites, geotechnical engineering data, mined-out coal areas, bat sampling data, threatened and endangered species data, potential waste sites, forested areas, breeding bird census data, migratory bird data, wetland locations and archeological sites. The database was used during permitting procedures and also will be used for the department's long-term planning and management of the JEPC.