Blodgett Road Dolomite Prairie

At 200 acres, Blodgett Road Dolomite Prairie, near Wilmington, Illinois, is the largest dolomite prairie in the Des Plaines-Kankakee River confluence area. A grant from Openlands Land Preservation, in conjunction with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, is helping to restore this unique parcel of land.

The project will benefit several state-endangered plant species at the site and yield useful information for dolomite prairie reconstructions planned for the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie.