Prairie Rivers Network is excited to bring one of the largest environmental film festivals to Illinois. The Wild & Scenic Film Festival is a collection of films from the annual festival held in Nevada City, CA, now in its 15th year! The festival focuses on films which speak to the environmental concerns and celebrations of […]
Join us in Celebrating PRN’s 50th Anniversary
We will celebrate our past, present and future with many activities throughout 2017. We hope you will join us and bring a friend so they can learn about the many ways PRN continues to build a network of stewards across Illinois, working together to protect our precious natural places, rivers, water, and wildlife. Our Network is YOU […]
2016 Accomplishments & Annual Report
For 50 years, Prairie Rivers Network has been working to foster a healthy environment, healthy people, and healthy communities. We have accomplished a lot in those years thanks to the continued support of our members and dedicated, passionate conservationists throughout Illinois. 2016 Accomplishments REDUCING WATER POLLUTION We won an important legal victory from the Illinois […]
Annual Dinner 2016 Round Up
The Prairie Rivers Network staff and board of directors had a wonderful evening visiting with our members and friends at our Annual Dinner on October 21, 2016 Pictures from the Annual Dinner View more, full size photos at our Flickr site… Congratulations to our 2016 Award Winners Each year, we celebrate outstanding river conservationists. River Steward – […]
WRDA we want? Healthy Rivers.
Though it receives less scrutiny than other government actions, federal water policy has immense and lasting impacts on rivers and wildlife, as well as millions of Americans. And much of that policy is dictated by one piece of legislation–the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). An update to this large and complex collection of “all-things-water” policies […]
