Read Prairie River Notes – Winter/Spring 2012 Newsletter featuring the following articles: Dual Legal Actions to Reduce Pollution that Fouls Illinois Water and Fuels Gulf Dead Zone Standing Up for Science Education It All Started with Crawdads and Turtles Help Protect the Shawnee National Forest from a Strip Mine Board of Directors Update Study Shines […]
2011 Annual Report
I am pleased to present Prairie Rivers Network’s 2011 Annual Report. The report is a snapshot of an organization making real progress in protecting clean water, an organization with a growing membership, and one that is maintaining financial health in a difficult economy. I am confident that 2012 will bring more of the same. Our most important asset, the network of people […]
New “Dead Zone” Video from our Collaborative Friends
Prairie Rivers Network has been part of the Mississippi River Collaborative since 2005. Our goal is to improve water quality in the Mississippi River Basin and reduce the size of the Gulf of Mexico “Dead Zone.” This new video from Gulf Restoration Network (our Louisiana colleagues) discusses some of the science and causality behind the […]
Dam the Sangamon!
This is the first in a series of guest blog posts by Scott Hays, a founding member of the Upper Sangamon River Conservancy, and Prairie Rivers Network’s River Steward of 2011. Visit Scott’s river blog! [Quick link to the second post in the series Oakley Dam: A Rising Tide] Driving across the Sangamon River at Reas Bridge […]
Prairie Rivers Network Garners Support for State and Tribal Wildlife Grants
Earlier this month, Prairie Rivers Network Habitat Conservation Specialist, Elliot Brinkman, traveled to Washington, D.C. to help educate legislators about the State and Tribal Wildlife Grants program. This program provides federal grant funds for projects that benefit wildlife and their habitats and gives priority to species of greatest conservation concern. It is also the primary funding source […]