Year after year, in place after place, private and public lands across Illinois are being harmed by herbicide drift.
Our new report, Hidden in Plain Sight, details just how widespread herbicide trespass is, injuring trees and plants across the state, harming gardens, nature preserves and even drifting toward children while they’re at school. Tree health in many parts of the state is in serious decline. Many are dying.
The report builds on a 2020 report from Prairie Rivers Network that detailed widespread herbicide pollution in Illinois. The 2024 report shows the damage has gotten even worse, with drift injuries occurring miles away from farm fields.
Illinois must do better.
Please join Prairie Rivers Network and the Save Our Trees Coalition in telling the Governor that we can’t tolerate this chemical trespass into our gardens, yards, public parks, school playgrounds, and nature preserves.
