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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. Suggested loan time is two weeks. Contact the lending location nearest you to make your reservation.

Targeted Grades: PreK - 8

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

Illinois Wild Mammal Trunks : Lending Locations

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
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	Camp Sagawau Environmental Education Center	Lemont	630-257-2045
Cook	Chicago Botanic Garden	Glencoe	847-835-8253	edubey@chicagobotanic.org
Cook	Chicago Public Schools, Cluster 4 Office	Chicago	773-535-8939	kjsimon@cps.k12.il.us
Cook	The Field Museum Harris Loan Center	Chicago	312-665-7508
Cook	The Grove	Glenview	847-299-6096	krisvanvoorhis@glenviewparkdist.org
Cook	Irons Oaks Environmental Center	Olympia Fields	708-481-2330 ext. 206	lberry@hfparks.com
Cook	Lincoln Park Zoo	Chicago	312-742-2067	cgrobarek@lpzoo.org
Cook	Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum	Chicago	773-755-5112	teacherprograms@naturemuseum.org
Cook	William Powers State Recreation Area	Chicago	773-646-3270	dnr.wm.powers@illinois.gov
De Witt	IDNR Region III Office	Clinton	217-935-6860	debbie.combs@illinois.gov
Du Page	Du Page County Forest Preserve District	Oak Brook (available at other education centers, too)	630-850-8111	ndahlin@dupageforest.com
Du Page	Jurica Nature Museum	Lisle	630-829-6546	mmickus@ben.edu
Franklin	IDNR Region V Office	Benton	618-435-8130
Fulton	Dickson Mounds Museum	Lewistown	309-547-3721	wiant@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	michael.cralley@illinois.gov
Johnson	Cache River State Natural Area	Belknap	618-657-2064	molie.oliver@illinois.gov
Kane	Hawthorne Hill Nature Center	Elgin	847-531-7009	barr_d@cityofelgin.org
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	815-667-5356	toby.miller@illinois.gov
Lake	Historic Vehe Farm	Deer Park	847-331-0967	info@vehefarmfoundation.org
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
Massac	Fort Massac State Park	Metropolis	618-524-4712	terry.johnson@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.napolitano@illinois.gov
McDonough	WIU Elementary Education	Macomb	309-298-1777 or 309-298-1258
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
Peoria	Two Rivers Professional Development Center	Peoria	309-673-1040	jhickman@roe48.k12.il.us
Peoria	Wildlife Prairie State Park	Peoria	309-676-0998
Pike	IDNR Office	Pittsfield	217-285-2221	bob.church@illinois.gov
Randolph	Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area/Baldwin Lake	Baldwin	618-785-2555
Rock Island	Mississippi River Visitors' Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	Rock Island	309-794-5338	mvrodmn15@usace.army.mil
Rock Island	Western Illinois University	Moline	309-762-3999 ext. 262
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
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