Illinois State Parks Are Open!

Dear friends,

Glynnis Collins with Governor Quinn

This morning I had the pleasure of attending a press conference where Governor Pat Quinn and Department of Natural Resources Director Marc Miller announced the opening of the seven state parks that were closed by the Blagojevich administration last fall. This is a day that we at Prairie Rivers Network and a host of other partners have been working for since the closures were initially announced in July 2008. In their remarks, Miller and Quinn emphasized the value of these (and all) state parks for Illinois families, the state economy, and overall public health.  We applaud the Governor and DNR Director for moving so quickly to address a real problem and for making natural resource protection and promotion of outdoor activities a priority of the new administration in Springfield. {Continue Reading »}