The Prairie Wolf Slough, officially known as Prairie Wolf Forest Preserve, is a forest preserve in

Deerfield, Illinois Deerfield is a north shore suburb of Chicago in Lake County, Illinois, United States, with a small portion extending into Cook County, Illinois. The population was 19,196 at the 2020 census. Deerfield is home to the headquarters of Walgreens Boo ...

just north of Deerfield High School. The name refers to the Native American name of early Deerfield and Jefferson Park pioneer

John Kinzie Clark John Kinzie Clark (1792–1865) was a trader, trapper and a prominent early settler in the Chicago area. He was raised by Native Americans, who called him ''Nonimoa'' or Prairie Wolf. Clark first arrived at Fort Dearborn in 1818. In 1830, Clark ...

which was nonimoa, or prairie wolf in

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. The preserve is and contains of trails. Since 1994, the slough has been routinely burned to allow for more native plants and animals to inhabit it and to prevent overgrowth. The land was purchased by the government in the 1970s and today is used by the nearby high school and surrounding corporate offices as a place to learn, play, exercise, and enjoy.

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Prairie Wolf Forest Preserve
- official site Protected areas of Lake County, Illinois Nature reserves in Illinois Wetlands of Illinois Landforms of Lake County, Illinois {{LakeCountyIL-geo-stub