collected from the creek. Reptiles and amphibians in and around the Piscasaw include the green frog, ornate box turtle, northern leopard frog, fox snake, Chicago garter snake and the plains garter snake. Multiple state and federal endangered and threatened species have been identified within the Piscasaw Creek area. The mussels Ellipto dilatata (Spike) and Alasmidonta viridis (Slippershell) have been documented in the creek; the former is threatened, the latter endangered. An endangered plant, the speckled alder, grows along the creek too. Piscasaw Creek has been documented to sustain river otters. The Boone County Conservation District has identified the state-threatened Blanding's turtle in the creek. Public use Two stretches of land along Piscasaw Creek have been preserved for public use: Beck's Woods near Chemung, Illinois, is owned and operated by the McHenry County Conservation District. Piscasaw Fen, near Poplar Grove, Illinois, is a recent land purchase by the Boone County Conservation District. See also Mokeler Creek References External links Boone County Conservation District Friends of the Kishwaukee River McHenry County Conservation District Rivers of Illinois Rivers of Wisconsin Rivers of Boone County, Illinois Rivers of McHenry County, Illinois Rivers of Walworth County, Wisconsin Tributaries of the Kishwaukee River