August 25, 2009
Who Owns Water Resources?
Listen here to Eric Freyfogle, PRN board member and supporter for over ten years, discuss who owns our water resources here in Illinois on WILL Focus 580, Illinois Public Media.
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Listen here to Eric Freyfogle, PRN board member and supporter for over ten years, discuss who owns our water resources here in Illinois on WILL Focus 580, Illinois Public Media.
On August 23, 2009, Governor Quinn signed a bill protecting Illinois’ drinking water supplies from pollution. To find out more, read the press release from the Illinois Government News Network.
A recent article appearing in Illinois Issues, entitled “Government relies on a wide range of Illinois nonprofits to provide human services, support education and keep the arts alive,” highlights the work of Prairie Rivers Network.
A recent Gallup poll shows that Americans rank pollution of their drinking water their top concern.
The Public Broadcasting Service’s (PBS) Frontline program is airing a documentary titled “Poisoned Waters” on Tuesday, April 21, from 9:00 to 11:00 p.m. EST (check local PBS listings). According to the PBS press release, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hedrick Smith reveals “startling new evidence that today’s growing environmental threat comes not from the giant industrial polluters of old, but from chemicals in consumers’ face creams, deodorants, prescription medicines and household cleaners that find their way into sewers, storm drains, and eventually into America’s waterways and drinking water.”
The News-Gazette published a great story on rain barrels in the Sunday, April 12th paper. The story featured Prairie Rivers Network supporter and rain barrel entrepreneurs Austin and Sarah Grammer, who own the business Prairie Rain Harvester. Also quoted is Stacy James, Water Resources Scientist and stormwater specialist for Prairie Rivers Network. If you would like to support Prairie Rivers Network by purchasing one of the rain barrels that the Grammers generously donated to our organization, please call our office at 217/344-2371.