Transfer of Jurisdiction of a Portion of Joliet Army Ammunition Plant to the Department of Agriculture for the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie

Summary

The Department of Agriculture will receive approximately 2,640 acres of land from the Joliet Army Ammunition Plant in Illinois, as part of a partial transfer authorized by the Illinois Land Conservation Act of 1995, to be used for the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie. This transfer is part of a larger plan to conserve the land.