# Talk:Silver Springs State Fish and Wildlife Area

Someone should add information about camping and prices for campsites with beaches and without

Map of Beaver Lake
Get away for a day, Outdoor Illinois
Silver Springs State Fish and Wildlife Area, Chicago Wilderness Magazine
DNR website, probably only for history section
IvoShandor 17:16, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

POV, OR, V, RS, MOS, COPYRIGHT are all in order here. Here are some content things that sprung to mind

Random comment:It seems unusual that a nature preserve allows hunting…anyway
Are there tour guides in this park?
Do we know the status of the land before it was a national park. Who was the land bought from?
It says 100 acres were later added, but it does not explain where all this came from. It only mentions 15 acres in 1991
How come non-bird animal life is not described specifically? Is it not notable?
Shouldn’t the fish also be included in the wildlife instead of the activities? That seems to imply that the fish are only there to be hunted.
Are their tour guides at this place or a exhibit/museum type thing?
An expansion couldn't hurt this article (if info is available), because in some parts the article seems like a series of dot points strung together rather that sentences building on top of one another. Blnguyen  (bananabucket) 00:09, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick review and good to see you. I will make some initial comments here, then go about addressing your points.
Hunting: Most state parks in Illinois offer hunting. Illinois has a lot of White tail deer, apparently, from what I understand, without it the deer population would grow out of control. This is one of the primary downsides to having so much corn in our area, it feeds an abundant deer population. This is disputed by animal rights activists, myself: I don't care either way. :)
Tour guides/museum: No tour guides. State parks each have a "Ranger" station, but they don't give tours, only information. In addition, there are usually some informational boards put up in places like this but they are generally found at the Ranger Stations.
Land: I will see what I can find out.
Animal life: I will move the fish to that area. The only reason there are no other details is because I haven't found any. I will though, promise. :)
IvoShandor 03:40, 30 October 2007 (UTC)


### Stuff done
Sources

ifishillinois.org
Trib 1971: ProQuest, a bit about Why it exists.
About wells in the park: water is untreated
IvoShandor 04:17, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
Things done

Moved fish information to the wildlife section, except the rainbow trout stuff, because their existence in the lake is only for fishing. Rainbow trout would never survive in a body of water like that for very long.
Found some sources for an expansion. This should help fill out the history section. I have been unable to find out where the land came from but I have a final hope in a book at the university's library here.
I have another idea too, I will pour over the legislation (it's all online in Illinois) and see if I can find the law that authorized its purchase, it may have info on the previous owner but should at least have the cost of the land, maybe some other details.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by IvoShandor (talk • contribs) 06:14, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
This was a bust, the records available only go back to 1972, I will look at the library. IvoShandor 07:15, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
I have done a bit of preliminary copy edits on one section to help the flow problem, the expansion will help this and I will tweak the existing prose as well.
History section expanded, should help with the flow a bit.
Yeah, it really doesn't help much. I am not sure what to do here.
IvoShandor 05:28, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for the fixes and clarifications. Blnguyen  (bananabucket) 02:26, 5 November 2007 (UTC)