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		<title>Press Release: Study Presents Options for Restoring Chicago River &amp; Protecting Lake Michigan</title>
		<link>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2012/01/press-release-study-presents-options-for-restoring-chicago-river-protecting-lake-michicagn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prairie Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRESS RELEASE ISSUED: January 31, 2012 River, Lake Advocates Praise New Path Toward Better Flood Control, Cleaner Water, and Keeping Asian Carp Out of Great Lakes A highly-anticipated report released today clearly demonstrates that it is possible to separate the artificial connection between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River basins and prevent the transfer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Factory Farms: 2 steps in the right direction!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prairie Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY STACY JAMES Prairie Rivers Network works with partners across the state to reduce water pollution from factory farms. Livestock waste pollutes Illinois’ water with disease-causing bacteria, antibiotics, ammonia, nitrates and algae blooms. In the most egregious cases, streams turn brown with raw sewage that kills all wildlife inhabitants. Pollution happens when waste storage structures [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Press Release: Delayed Coal Ash Protections Put Public Health at Risk</title>
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		<comments>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2012/01/press-release-delayed-coal-ash-protections-put-public-health-at-risk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prairie Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRESS RELEASE ISSUED: January 18, 2012 Contacts: Sandra Diaz, Appalachian Voices Diana Dascalu-Joffe, Chesapeake Climate Action Network Jared Saylor, Earthjustice Eric Schaeffer, Environmental Integrity Project Hartwell Carson, French Broad Riverkeeper Mary Love, Kentuckians For The Commonwealth Anne Hedges, Montana Environmental Information Center Barb Gottlieb, Physicians for Social Responsibility Traci Barkley, Prairie Rivers Network Sean Sarah, Sierra [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian carp’s watershed moment</title>
		<link>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2012/01/asian-carps-watershed-moment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prairie Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY ROBERT HIRSCHFELD At this moment, there are countless Asian carp steadily making their way northward, swimming upstream throughout the Mississippi River basin, and encroaching into new territory in South Dakota, Minnesota, and most infamously, into the manmade canals on the outskirts of Chicago. These canals connect the Mississippi River basin with a jewel of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Action Alert: Starved Rock State Park Threatened by Proposed Sand Mine</title>
		<link>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2012/01/action-alert-starved-rock-state-park-threatened-by-proposed-sand-mine/</link>
		<comments>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2012/01/action-alert-starved-rock-state-park-threatened-by-proposed-sand-mine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prairie Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please contact LaSalle County Board members and tell them to protect Starved Rock by not permitting the sand mine. If you have time for just one call, the board chair is Jerry Hicks, 815-795-2608. A proposed sand mine adjacent to Starved Rock State Park could drain a rare, brackish wetland, with high quality plant communities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>INTRODUCING THE BRUCE HANNON FRIENDS OF ILLINOIS RIVERS</title>
		<link>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2012/01/introducing-the-bruce-hannon-friends-of-illinois-rivers/</link>
		<comments>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2012/01/introducing-the-bruce-hannon-friends-of-illinois-rivers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prairie Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY ERIC FREYFOGLE, BOARD OF DIRECTORS Since its beginning in 1967, Prairie Rivers Network has been sustained by conservation-minded people who believe in its work enough to have invested in it. With private donations in hand, staff members have reached out to foundations for further support, multiplying the individual gifts. The resulting record speaks for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We’re Fishin’ for Your Best Upper Mississippi River Stories!</title>
		<link>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2012/01/we%e2%80%99re-fishin%e2%80%99-for-your-best-upper-mississippi-river-stories/</link>
		<comments>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2012/01/we%e2%80%99re-fishin%e2%80%99-for-your-best-upper-mississippi-river-stories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>csmith</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Restoration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether you have visited the Upper Mississippi River once, or lived next to it all your life, we invite you to enter an essay contest: “Our Upper Mississippi River: Connection, Inspiration, Transformation.” Share your experiences with, and connection to, this natural wonder. How has the river inspired you? How has the Upper Mississippi River changed your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Accomplishments</title>
		<link>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2011/12/2011-accomplishments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prairie Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For almost 45 years, Prairie Rivers Network has been working to foster a healthy environment, healthy people, and healthy communities. We have accomplished a lot in those years thanks to the continued support of our members and dedicated, passionate conservationists throughout Illinois. Making a Difference for Illinois Rivers in 2011: “Traditions” mega-dairy denied permit to fill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Illinois Hog Facility Fined for Fish Kill</title>
		<link>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2011/12/illinois-hog-facility-fined-for-fish-kill/</link>
		<comments>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2011/12/illinois-hog-facility-fined-for-fish-kill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sjames</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Justice has finally been served in Iroquois County! In 2009, over 110,000 fish were killed after the R3E hog operation illegally discharged some 200,000 gallons of waste into a tributary of Spring Creek. The waste had been stored in holding ponds, but got into an underground pipe system that flows into the tributary. Earlier this week, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prairie River Notes &#8211; Fall/Winter Newsletter</title>
		<link>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2011/12/prairie-river-notes-fallwinter-newsletter/</link>
		<comments>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2011/12/prairie-river-notes-fallwinter-newsletter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prairie Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[View Prairie River Notes – Fall/Winter 2011 Newsletter with the following articles: Asian Carp&#8217;s Watershed Moment Factory Farms: 2 Steps in the Right Direction Introducing the Bruce Hannon Friends of Illinois Rivers State Proposes to Allow Serial Polluter to Open a New Mine Annual Dinner Round-up and River Steward Award Winnter &#8211; Scott Hays Run [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed New Strip Mine Threatens Drinking Water</title>
		<link>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2011/12/proposed-new-strip-mine-threatens-drinking-water/</link>
		<comments>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2011/12/proposed-new-strip-mine-threatens-drinking-water/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prairie Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Illinois EPA Proposes to Allow Serial Polluter to Operate New Coal Strip Mine Upstream of Canton Lake Help residents protect their drinking water and ask state regulators to do their jobs &#8211; sign the petition now! Residents in Canton are worried about their drinking water. Unfortunately, they have good reason to be. Canton Lake, Copperas Creek, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Annual Dinner 2011 Pictures</title>
		<link>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2011/12/annual-dinner-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prairie Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you to all of you who attended our 13th Annual Dinner in October. The chance to gather with like-minded river friends, old and new, is one of the highlights of the year for our staff and board members. Please visit our flickr site for more pictures of our staff, board of directors, members and [...]]]></description>
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