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General Information
Location: Alexander County, Illinois, United States 
Managed by: Southern Illinois University
Area: 558 hectares (1380 acres)
Established: 2006
Housing: Yes
Ecology
Habitats: Freshwater, Terrestrial
Ecoregions: I: Eastern Temperate Forests
II: Southeastern USA Plains
III: Interior River Valleys and Hills
IV: Middle Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Contact
Website: ecology.siu.edu/field-station
Telephone: +1-618-453-7639
Email: mwhiles@zoology.siu.edu
Address: Gerard Road, McClure, IL 62957
Director:
Resources
Overview
The Middle Mississippi River Wetland Field Station is located along the banks of the Mississippi River in southern Illinois near Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Primary habitats are wetlands on the alluvial plain. This station also manages five other tracts of land in southern Illinois that cover additional terrestrial and aquatic habitats.
The field station sits on public land owned by the state of Illinois and is open to the public to use for hunting, hiking, and other non-motorized recreational activities.