The Sierra Club Prairie Group will sponsor a panel presentation and discussion titled Champaign County’s Water: Where It Comes From, Where It Goes To, and How We Can Protect It Along the Way to increase local awareness about federal, state and local policies that regulate Champaign County’s water use and quality.
Panelists Robert Hirschfeld and Kim Knowles of Prairie Rivers Network, Dwain Berggren of the Illinois State Geological Survey, and Frank DiNovo, retired Director of Planning and Community Development with the Champaign County Regional Planning Commission, will provide information about Champaign County’s ground and surface water and the regulatory bodies and policies that impact them. A facilitated discussion will focus on how community members can support policies that protect local water resources.
Program co-sponsors include: CCNet (Champaign County Sustainable Networking) Channing- Murray Foundation, Faith in Place, Grand Prairie Friends, Izaak Walton League, Prairie Rivers Network, U of I Students for Environmental Concerns, Unitarian Universalist Church of Urbana-Champaign’s Green UU’s and Social Action Committee, Upper Sangamon River Conservancy
For further information contact: Carol Hays cec0127@gmail.com
