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Borrow an Illinois Fossils Trunk to help your students of grades seven through 10 explore Illinois’ natural heritage of the past. Each trunk contains fossil molds, a fossil hunt kit, a video, a fossil reference collection, field guides, posters and more. Lending locations are listed below. Contact the lending site to make your reservation. The suggested loan period is two weeks, although it varies by lending location.

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County

Location

City

Phone

E-mail Address
Adams Siloam Springs State Park Clayton 217-894-6205 jim.assell@illinois.gov

Champaign

Anita Purves Nature Center

Urbana

217-384-4062

 
Champaign Illinois State Geological Survey Champaign 217-244-2427  
Christian Christian/Montgomery Regional Office of Education Taylorville 217-824-4730  

Clinton

Eldon Hazlet State Park

Carlyle

618-594-3015

john.bunnell@illinois.gov

Coles

Fox Ridge State Park

Charleston

217-345-6416

foxridge@dnr.state.il.us

Cook

William Powers State Recreation Area

Chicago

773-646-3270

dnr.wm.powers@illinois.gov
Cook Lincoln Park Zoo Chicago 312-742-2067 cgrobarek@lpzoo.org
Cook Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Chicago 773-755-5112 teacherprograms@naturemuseum.org

Cook

The Field Museum - Harris Loan Program

Chicago

312-665-7508

 

Cook

Chicago Public Schools, Cluster 4 Office

Chicago

773-535-8939

kjsimon@cps.k12.il.us
Cook Chicago Botanic Garden Glencoe 847-835-8253 edubey@chicagobotanic.org
Cook Camp Sagawau Environmental Education Center Lemont 630-257-2045  
Cook Irons Oaks Environmental Center Olympia Fields 708-481-2330 ext. 206 lberry@hfparks.com

De Witt

IDNR Region III Office

Clinton

217-935-6860

debbie.combs@illinois.gov

Du Page

Jurica Nature Museum

Lisle

630-829-6546

mmickus@ben.edu
Du Page Du Page County Forest Preserve District Oak Brook (available at the other education centers, too) 630-850-8111 ndahlin@dupageforest.com

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
Jersey Pere Marquette State Park Grafton 618-786-3323 scott.isringhausen@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
Kane St. Charles Park District St. Charles 630-584-1885 ext. 435  

La Salle

Starved Rock State Park

Utica

815-667-5356

toby.miller@illinois.gov
Lake Heller Nature Center Highland Park 847-579-4182 jsmith@pdhp.org
Lake Historic Vehe Farm Deer Park 847-331-0967 info@vehefarmfoundation.org
Lake Illinois Beach State Park Zion 847-662-4811 deb.kloss@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
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

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 Forest Park Nature Center Peoria Heights 309-686-3360  
Peoria Two Rivers Professional Development Center Peoria 309-673-1040 jhickman@roe48.k12.il.us
Randolph Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area /Baldwin Lake Baldwin 618-785-2555  

Sangamon

IDNR Division of Education

Springfield

217-524-4126

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

St. Clair

Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site

Collinsville

618-346-5160

cahokia.mounds@sbcglobal.net
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 Will County Forest Preserve District Joliet 815-727-8700 jprince@fpdwc.org
Winnebago Burpee Museum of Natural History Rockford 815-965-3433 ext. 1020 Kathlee.Scordato@burpee.org
Winnebago Kishwaukee Intermediate Delivery System (KIDS) Loves Park 815-636-3040 sbooth@kidsroe.org

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