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by: leslie110 Active Indicator LED Icon 16 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Oct 20, '16 4:02pm  
Dickson Mounds
 
Had anyone been there lately? Thoughts?
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Mahkno Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 7 years ago   Oct 20, '16 4:03pm  
I think it is closed.... Illinois budget issues.
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skutfarcus Active Indicator LED Icon 12
~ 7 years ago   Oct 20, '16 4:05pm  
I thought they re-opened.
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joepyeweed Active Indicator LED Icon 15
~ 7 years ago   Oct 20, '16 4:06pm  
Its re-opened. I was there last Sunday for a meeting.
 
They have no budget for advertising or marketing, so they cannot let the public know that they've re-opened, except through word of mouth.
 
attendance figures are way down
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skutfarcus Active Indicator LED Icon 12
~ 7 years ago   Oct 20, '16 4:06pm  
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leslie110 Active Indicator LED Icon 16 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Oct 20, '16 4:23pm  
Is it worth going? Abby's class is studying Native Americans so I thought it would be a good place to go.
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skutfarcus Active Indicator LED Icon 12
~ 7 years ago   Oct 20, '16 4:29pm  
Is it worth going?

@leslie110 :
 
Absolutely.
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joepyeweed Active Indicator LED Icon 15
~ 7 years ago   Oct 20, '16 9:37pm  
I like it.
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PeoriaIllinoisan Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 7 years ago   Oct 21, '16 11:19am  
Whichever side of the river you go down via, take your time and explore the wetlands and nature preserves and come back on the opposite side. It's a beautiful drive both ways, especially at this time of year.
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joepyeweed Active Indicator LED Icon 15
~ 7 years ago   Oct 21, '16 11:33am  
Normally I would encourage you to visit Emiquon, Chatauqua and Spring Lake on your trip to or from Dickson mounds. But duck hunting season opens this weekend, so walking around any of those areas after Friday is not a good idea until waterfowl hunting season closes. Go ahead and visit those areas, but stay in your car.
 
Because of earlier flooding, the visitor use area at Emiquon is closed to vehicle traffic right now. Though you can park by the boat ramp and walk it. (But again I would not walk it during waterfowl season.)
 
Right now at Emiquon, you will see hundreds of thousands of coots on the lake. They make cute little puttering noises and they sound like a huge deck of cards when the scurry across the water to put distance between you and them.
 
If you look closely in the mass of coots, you will see a few pockets of other waterfowl. Last weekend I saw grebes, pintails, and shovel nose mixed into the massive coot colony.
 
Emiquon just finished their water control structure and they have started to lower the water level. They will be repairing the flood damaged areas of the visitor use area and the levees once they get the water level down to where they can recover some of the material (rock and soil) that had moved from the high water levels.
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JnJ Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 7 years ago   Oct 21, '16 1:23pm  
It's AMAZING!! So glad to know its open again!!
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leslie110 Active Indicator LED Icon 16 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Oct 21, '16 2:05pm  
We lasted about 30 minutes and are now headed to Springfield to go to the trampoline park.
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joepyeweed Active Indicator LED Icon 15
~ 7 years ago   Oct 21, '16 2:25pm  
No school today?
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leslie110 Active Indicator LED Icon 16 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Oct 21, '16 2:52pm  
Nope...parent teacher conferences.
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JnJ Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 7 years ago   Oct 21, '16 3:26pm  
Same. I'm tired of them already
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AV8R Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 7 years ago   Oct 21, '16 8:50pm  
I'm tired of them already

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the conferences or your kids?
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