Capacity Building Workshops
Prairie Rivers Network is partnering with other nonprofits, watershed groups, private businesses, and agencies to deliver a series of workshops and networking opportunities to build the technical capacity of people and groups working to protect Illinois’ rivers and streams by providing valuable information and tools to these groups that will foster collaboration among the diverse entities working to protect our streams. Visit Capacity Building Workshops for more information.
Presentations and Trainings
The following are presentations and trainings that Prairie Rivers Network staff are available to give to your group or organization:
1-Hour Presentations
- Agricultural drainage
- Boneyard Creek
- By-products of the wastewater disinfection process
- Grassroots organization capacity-building
- Green development practices
- Introduction to Prairie Rivers Network
- Introduction to the Clean Water Act
- Mississippi River restoration and management
- Pharmaceuticals in our waterways and responsible disposal
- Rain gardens
- RiverSmart basic water conservation
- Stormwater runoff from construction sites
- Wetland protection and mitigation
Half-Day Trainings
- Citizen monitoring of construction sites for stormwater runoff violations