Tour highlights importance of the Lake Plain; ‘It is the last area of its kind’

Tour highlights importance of the Lake Plain; ‘It is the last area of its kind’

Stretching for 15 miles along the Lake Michigan shoreline from Waukegan to Kenosha, Wisconsin, the Chiwaukie Prairie-Illinois Beach Lake Plain is a dune and swale ecosystem unique in the Great Lakes region. Belynda Alberte, a natural resources specialist with the Lake County Forest Preserves, said the Lake Plain formed thousands of years ago, creating the combination of dunes, wetlands, savannahs and prairies. Containing 930 species of plants an…