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There’s an app for that!
Visitors to Starved Rock State Park can now take a guided hike on the park’s most popular trails by using this new smartphone app. Download the Prairie State Hike App for just 99 cents.
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Groundhog Fun Facts
It’s time for another Wild Fact Wednesday!
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
The name woodchuck has nothing to do with wood, or chucking it. The word woodchuck comes from a Native American term, wuchak, which roughly translates as "digger." Another name for this animal is whistle-pig.
Groundhogs are expert excavators. Their burrows can be up to 6 feet deep and can meander underground for 20 feet or more! Groundhogs are too slow to escape predators, so their burrows provide necessary protection.
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