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The Ballard Nature Center Visitor Center


The mission of the Ballard Nature Center is to provide high quality environmental
education to students, educators, organizations, and individuals through visitor
interepretation, educational displays, natural community restoration and management. Environmental education will emphasize the importance of natural communities and their associated ecosystems especially those communities typically found in southeastern
Illinois.

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Links to Other Nature Related Sites

Illinois Audubon Society Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Illinois Natural History Survey Illinois Prairie Page
National Wild Turkey Federation Ducks Unlimited
Illinois Ornithological Society Douglas-Hart Nature Center
Altamont on the Net Midwest Invasive Plant Network



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