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Most people visit the refuge to bird-watch, hunt, and fish.
Anglers cast a line for bass, bluegill, and crappie on Crab Orchard Lake, Devil's Kitchen Lake, Little Grassy Lake, and many smaller lakes. The Wildernessforms the southern tip of the refuge and encompasses sections of Little Grassy Lake and Devil's KitchenLake. Several parking lots and boat launches provide easy access to the water. The Southern Illinois University Herbarium currently houses about 250,000 specimens. As might be expected, the herbarium's holdings are especially rich for southern Illinois, which includes the southernmost 18 counties of the state.