Prairie Rivers Network recently filed our final comments on the proposed state factory farm rule. This rule will regulate water pollution from large livestock operations. If the Illinois Pollution Control Board (IPCB) adopts our recommendations, the rule could significantly reduce the negative impacts of livestock operations on Illinois streams. Illinois has many streams that are […]
Residents Ask I.E.P.A. to Deny Water Permit for Prairie State Power Plant
Coal ash landfill, water pollution, and nuisance dust top list of concerns Marissa, Il. – At an Illinois Environmental Protection Agency public hearing in Marissa on Thursday, local residents and environmental advocates called on the Agency to deny the permit to discharge water pollution for the Prairie State coal fired power plant in Washington County. […]
Run for Your Rivers, Walk for Your Streams in 2013
The short days of January are fleeting, and oftentimes, so are the resolutions made at the beginning of each year. Perhaps you’ve promised to start exercising, or pledged to help the environment in some way. Why not do both? Let Prairie Rivers Network help you keep (or revive) the resolutions you made this year by joining our Run […]
Happy Holidays
A fresh snow coats the winter forest with Hammel Creek flowing quietly through Hammel Woods Forest Preserve in suburban Will County, Illinois. Source: Hank Erdmann
Press Release: Conservation Groups File Lawsuit To Protect Starved Rock State Park
Suit Asserts Illinois Department of Natural Resources Office of Mines and Minerals Failed to Comply with Legal Requirements in Permit Review Process Springfield, IL – On December 12th, the Sierra Club, Prairie Rivers Network, and Openlands filed a complaint in Circuit Court in Springfield, Illinois demanding judicial review of a massive open pit silica sand […]