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		<title>Illinois Livestock Industry Subject to Pollution Permit Fees</title>
		<link>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2012/05/illinois-livestock-industry-now-subject-to-permit-fees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 19:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prairie Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An end to unfair fee exemption for &#8220;CAFOs&#8221; (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations) Today the Illinois Senate passed the Clean Water Funding Fairness Act (HB 5642), ending the livestock industry’s unique exemption from paying fees for their Clean Water Act permits. We are grateful to Representative Tryon (Crystal Lake) and Senator Frerichs (Champaign), who became the bill’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring Potters Marsh By Canoe</title>
		<link>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2012/05/exploring-potters-marsh-by-canoe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>csmith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Potters Marsh is not just a place &#8211; it is a river restoration success story. Located within the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, the construction of Lock and Dam 13 downstream of the refuge area in the late 1930s drastically affected this unique backwater area. Sediments and silt accummulated behind the dam, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Illinois EPA to hold Public Availability Session for Starved Rock Sand Mine permitting</title>
		<link>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2012/05/illinois-epa-public-to-hold-public-availability-session-for-starved-rock-sand-mine-permitting/</link>
		<comments>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2012/05/illinois-epa-public-to-hold-public-availability-session-for-starved-rock-sand-mine-permitting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 17:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prairie Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year we learned of a proposed sand mine to be located near the entrance of Starved Rock State Park. We were concerned because the sand mine (for sand to be used in the natural gas extraction or &#8220;fracking&#8221; process) could drain a rare, brackish wetland, with high quality plant communities and specific habitat for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed Coal Mine Raises Questions About Drinking Water and Salt Fork River</title>
		<link>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2012/05/proposed-coal-mine-raises-questions-about-drinking-water-and-salt-fork-river/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 19:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prairie Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Coal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5.10.2012 Stakeholders and Residents Invited to Public Meeting May 23rd, 7:00 pm at Homer Lake&#8217;s Salt Fork Center to Discuss Concerns Homer, IL – Representatives of Champaign and Vermilion county residents, including stakeholders along the Salt Fork of the Vermilion River, held a press conference today to highlight questions that have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experimental Asian carp barrier fails. We need a real solution.</title>
		<link>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2012/05/experimental-asian-carp-barrier-fails-we-need-a-real-solution/</link>
		<comments>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2012/05/experimental-asian-carp-barrier-fails-we-need-a-real-solution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 03:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prairie Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the multi-million dollar electrical experiment built in the Chicago river system to prevent a full-scale invasion of Asian carp into the Great Lakes failed for thirteen minutes. You can read about it here. This is irrefutable evidence that the current regime will not work, and we need a real, permanent solution to stop the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Press release: Illinois Taxpayers Foot the Bill for Biased Coal Curriculum in Schools</title>
		<link>http://prairierivers.org/news/2012/05/press-release-illinois-taxpayers-foot-the-bill-for-biased-coal-curriculum-in-schools/</link>
		<comments>http://prairierivers.org/news/2012/05/press-release-illinois-taxpayers-foot-the-bill-for-biased-coal-curriculum-in-schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 15:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prairie Rivers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PRNet News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[5.3.2012 For Immediate Release Statewide Alliance Calls for End to Subsidies and Misinformation Springfield &#8211; Supporters of the Heartland Coalfield Alliance, a statewide coalition of community and environmental organizations, held a rally outside the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) today, calling on the Department to stop what the group calls a waste [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Run for Your Rivers Raises $9,654</title>
		<link>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2012/04/run-for-your-rivers-raises-9654/</link>
		<comments>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2012/04/run-for-your-rivers-raises-9654/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vickie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prairie Rivers Network Thanks our Charity Running/Walking Team, Volunteers, and Sponsors Our 16 member team ran and walked a total of 252.7 miles in 45.32 hours at the Illinois Marathon, and raised $9,654 from 185 donors to help protect clean water and healthy rivers. A special thank you to our top three fundraisers: Jean, Rob, and Beverly Lucy Bannon – half marathon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mississippi Memories: My Life in Anoka, Minnesota</title>
		<link>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2012/04/mississippi-memories-my-life-in-anoka-minnesota/</link>
		<comments>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2012/04/mississippi-memories-my-life-in-anoka-minnesota/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>csmith</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Illinois Rivers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mississippi River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[River Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The winning essay from Prairie Rivers Network&#8217;s &#8220;Our Upper Mississippi River: Connection, Inspiration, Transformation&#8221; essay contest! By Rebecca Gearhart The gentle way that the Mississippi River flowed past my childhood home did not change much during the 1970s and 80s when I lived there, and its presence was a source of stability when everything else [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April RiverWeb Monthly E-News</title>
		<link>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2012/04/april-riverweb-monthly-e-news/</link>
		<comments>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2012/04/april-riverweb-monthly-e-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 03:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prairie Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sign up for RiverWeb to have monthly updates emailed to you. Earth Day is this Sunday, April 22, 2012 We&#8217;ve compiled a list of opportunities for you and your family to celebrate and respect the home we share with all other living things. Let us know how you honor Earth Day &#8211; share your story or photos with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study Shines Light on How to Stop Carp, Improve the Chicago River</title>
		<link>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2012/04/study-shines-light-on-how-to-stop-carp-improve-the-chicago-river/</link>
		<comments>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2012/04/study-shines-light-on-how-to-stop-carp-improve-the-chicago-river/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prairie Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Robert Hirschfeld A highly-anticipated report clearly demonstrates that it is possible to separate the artificial connection between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River basins and prevent the transfer of invasive species through the Chicago River system. Authored by the Great Lakes Commission and Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, “Restoring the Natural Divide”  re-envisions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Standing up for Science Education</title>
		<link>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2012/04/standing-up-for-science-education/</link>
		<comments>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2012/04/standing-up-for-science-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prairie Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY BRIAN PERBIX Prairie Rivers Network was dismayed to learn last year that the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) is using taxpayer money to market a one-sided view of coal to students as the safe and clean fuel of the future. “From the Coal Mines to the Power Lines”  is a K-12 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Tax Dollars and the Army Corps of Engineers</title>
		<link>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2012/04/your-tax-dollars-and-the-army-corps-of-engineers/</link>
		<comments>http://prairierivers.org/articles/2012/04/your-tax-dollars-and-the-army-corps-of-engineers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>csmith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With spring’s longer and warmer days, many of us are getting out to enjoy Illinois’ multitude of  diverse rivers and streams.  These winding  waterways are often the closest, perhaps the only, bit of natural landscape that many Illinois residents have for recreation and rejuvenation. A few of us might still be stuck inside, scrambling to finish our [...]]]></description>
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