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Rice Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on in
Fulton County Fulton County is the name of eight counties in the United States of America. Most are named for Robert Fulton, inventor of the first practical steamboat: *Fulton County, Arkansas, named after Governor William Savin Fulton *Fulton County, Georgia *F ...
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. Much of the park is
wetland A wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is flooded or saturated by water, either permanently (for years or decades) or seasonally (for weeks or months). Flooding results in oxygen-free (anoxic) processes prevailing, especially in the soils. The ...
, and the park is best known for
waterfowl hunting Waterfowl hunting (also called wildfowling or waterfowl shooting in the UK) is the practice of hunting ducks, geese, or other waterfowl for food and sport. Many types of ducks and geese share the same habitat, have overlapping or identical hunt ...
.Joe McFarland, "Blind Date at Rice Lake", ''Outdoor Illinois'' XVI:7 (July 2008), pages 6-7.


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State parks of Illinois Protected areas of Fulton County, Illinois Lakes of Illinois Protected areas established in 1945 Landforms of Fulton County, Illinois 1945 establishments in Illinois {{FultonCountyIL-geo-stub