On May 8, the Marshall County Board voted 11-1 against the construction of a proposed hog factory farm. Members of Save Our Sandy were elated by the vote, which surely reflected their months of grassroots activism. The proposed Sandy Creek Lane facility would house almost 20,000 hogs on a few acres near Sandy Creek, a […]
Run for Your Rivers at the Illinois Marathon a Big Success!
Congratulations to Our Team! Our team members ran and/or walked for a total of 45 hours and 244 miles to raise $7,885! First Presbyterian Church of Urbana David Bullock 0:54:34 10K Henry Goldsmith 0:20:55 5K Don Greeley 10K Elizabeth Greeley 0:51:17 5K Dixie Jackson 0:44:10 5K GaryJ ackson 0:45:48 5K David Kay 5K Marilyn Kay 1:04:41 […]
Neighbors Consider Proposed Hog Farm a Threat to Beloved Local Creek
Yesterday, Prairie Rivers Network attended a heated, public informational meeting on a proposed hog farm in Marshall County. We attended because we were asked to by a group of local residents who don’t want to live near what they call a “hog factory.” If approved for construction, the hog farm will house almost 20,000 hogs […]
Farm Bill Passes with Important Conservation Requirement
Finally, we have a federal Farm Bill! President Obama signed the long-awaited bill into law on February 7, bringing an end to a multi-year effort to pass the legislation. And fortunately, the environmental community has something to celebrate: conservation compliance was re-linked to federal crop insurance subsidies! The relinkage of conservation compliance to crop insurance […]
Tell the Corps to stop causing floods on the Mississippi River
The Army Corps of Engineers has been wrestling with the Mississippi River for over a century in an attempt to train and constrain the river to support commercial navigation. This practice is readily apparent along the Middle Mississippi River, a 190 mile stretch between the Missouri and Ohio River that is littered with structures to tame […]
