Prairie Rivers Network has been working with residents and partners including the La Moine River Ecosystem Partnership, Sierra Club and Environmental Law and Policy Center for years to bring Springfield Coal Company to justice for their flagrant noncompliance and resulting environmental damage and pollution. This company is also trying to open two new mines in […]
Highlights from our 2012 Annual Dinner
2012 RIVER STEWARD BRENDA DILTS AND HUSBAND, RON DILTS MCKENZIE WAGNER, INC. – PRN gave a special, surprise, award to McKenzie Wagner, Inc. for donating their design expertise and resources over the past 5 years. TRACI BARKLEY, KIM KNOWLES, JEANNIE AUSTIN, RICHARD LAZARUS (KEYNOTE SPEAKER) ANNETTE CHINUGE, BETH ADAMS, HARV KOPLO, DANNYL DOLDER DANNEL MCCOLLUM […]
Take Action: Protect the Illinois River from More Mercury Pollution
Prairie Rivers Network and partners call on the Pollution Control Board to keep mercury out of the Illinois River. On October 18th, Prairie Rivers Network joined with the Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council to appeal the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s (IEPA) decision to allow Dynegy’s Havana Generating Station […]
Illinois Revising Laws Governing Factory Farms – Public comments still being accepted!
November 16 UPDATE: Prairie Rivers Network just wrapped up an intense schedule of hearings on IEPA’s proposed rule for livestock operations factory farms. Overall, the hearings went well and we were able to convey that livestock operations should be more stringently regulated because of negative impacts on Illinois streams and rural residents. Our priorities for […]
Celebrate the Clean Water Act’s 40th Birthday, October 18, 2012
We reflect on the importance of the Clean Water Act on its 40th anniversary. This week, Prairie Rivers Network is celebrating the Clean Water Act, the law that provides the foundation for much of our work to protect Illinois’ waters for people, fish, and wildlife. We will also pause to critically reflect on how the […]
