The savanna has changed little from the period when eastern settlers first arrived south of the Kankakee River.

Oaks survive in the sands which shed water rapidly, creating drought-like conditions.

[2] Typical dry prairie plants include hairy puccoon, goat's rue, blunt-leaved milkweed, leadplant, and New Jersey tea.

A parking lot and trail area available at CR 725 N and CR 250 W.[1] Like the Nature Preserve, Conrad Station is dominated by savanna plants, including the hairy puccoon, cleft phlox (Phlox bifida), New Jersey tea and sand milkweed (Asclepias amplexicaulis).

Savanna wildlife that is most readily seen includes a variety of birds, i.e., red-head woodpeckers, turkey and quail.