Prairie Rivers Network has joined a federal lawsuit filed by the Quad Cities Waterkeeper against Ballegeer Trucking and Excavating for outrageous and unlawful acts against the Green River. For years, Ballegeer has been dumping huge slabs of concrete on the banks of the Green River in Henry County close to where the Green joins the Rock River. […]
Press Release: River Advocates Say Action is Needed Now to Protect Mississippi River
For Immediate Release August 17, 2012 River management issues presented at Corps public hearing in Alton Alton, IL – Members of the Nicollet Island Coalition (NIC) today called on the Army Corps of Engineers to take decisive and prompt action to protect the Mississippi River from imminent, long-term damage due to poor river management decisions […]
August RiverWeb E-news
Sign up for RiverWeb to have monthly updates emailed to you. In this edition: Eagles return to the Middle Fork Ice Cream Social, August 25 Sunrise Coal’s Bulldog Mine Fish kill on Beaver Creek Last chance to nominate a River Hero Happy hour, blogposts, and news When habitat recovers, wildlife returns! Friend and photographer David Hale, who has lived […]
Another Man-Made Fish Kill Devastates an Illinois Stream
Update August 9, 2012: According to this Daily Journal story (pdf), “The Illinois EPA today asked Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s office to take enforcement action against Hopkins Ridge Farms and others in connection with the fish kill in late July along 10 miles of Beaver Creek in northeastern Iroquois County.” “Hopkins Ridge is a 2,500-hog […]
Homer Water Committee Authorizes Further Study of Water Sale to Coal Mine
At the meeting of the Village of Homer Water Committee on Monday July 30th, approximately 50 residents packed the meeting hall to voice their opposition to Sunrise Coal, LLC’s request for the village of Homer to provide the mine with hundreds of thousands of gallons of water daily for their proposed “Bulldog” coal mine.