Important Bird Areas
Salt Creek Woods NP - Bob Mann Woods
Bob Mann Woods which contains Salt Creek Woods Nature Preserve is approximetly 265 acres. The site consists of
mature oak and hickory woodland, open woodland and savannah dotted with numerous small wetlands and bordered on the south and east by Salt Creek. Bob Mann Woods adjoins other Cook County Forest Preserve properties along the Salt Creek corridor such as Bemis Woods, LaGrange Park Woods and Possum Hollow, beyond these parcels the site is surrounded by extensive housing developments.
Ornithological Summary
This site was chosen as an IBA because it met the criteria for Migrants.
Ownership
Forest Preserve District of Cook County
536 North Harlem Avenue,
River Forest, IL 60305