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Kidd Lake State Natural Area
Kidd Lake State Natural Area
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
	Part of Kidd Lake Marsh viewed from Fults Hill Prairie
	Map of the U.S. state of Illinois showing the location of Kidd Lake State Natural Area Kidd Lake State Natural Area (the United States)
Location	Monroe County, Illinois, U.S.
Nearest city	Chester, Illinois
Coordinates	38°8′44″N 90°12′26″W / 38.14556°N 90.20722°W
Area	800 acres (324 ha)
Established	October 1970
Governing body	Illinois Department of Natural Resources
	www.dnr.state.il.us/lands/Landmgt/PARKS/R4/fhp.htm

Kidd Lake State Natural Area is a protected area of Illinois on 800 acres (324 ha) in Monroe County, Illinois, United States, adjacent to the Fults Hill Prairie State Natural Area.^[1]

Kidd Lake State Natural Area is an example of the once expansive wetlands of the Mississippi floodplain known as the American Bottoms. The marsh was historically part of an 800-acre (324 ha) lake bed, and was once home to a variety of wetland birds, some now rare in Illinois. It is an important rest stop for migrating waterfowl and continues to provide critical habitat to a diverse range of birds, as well as amphibians and reptiles.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Fults Hill Prairie and Kidd Lake Marsh State Natural Areas". dnr.state.il.us. Region IV Office: Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on April 25, 2007. Retrieved October 12, 2008.