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Prairie River Notes – Winter 2014 Newsletter
Read Prairie Rivers Network’s Winter 2014 Newsletter, featuring articles on: Businesses Show Love #4CleanWater Campaign Factory Farm Regulation Annual Dinner Round up 2014 Accomplishments Poem: Running for Rivers Beeline to Pollinator Panel With a special message from Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery farmer and PRN member, Wes Jarrell
State Strategy Falls Flat as Overload of Nutrients Harms Illinois Waters
CHAMPAIGN, IL — Yesterday’s release of the Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Agriculture importantly recognizes one of the state’s most serious water pollution problems: Nitrogen and phosphorus pollution from farms and sewage treatment plants harming Illinois waters and contributing to the dead zone in the Gulf of […]
IDOA approves factory farm over local objections
Save Our Sandy continues to fight this mega-hog operation. Despite local objections, another large hog operation has been approved for construction by the Illinois Department of Agriculture. Local Marshall County residents fear their new neighbor will pollute nearby beautiful Sandy Creek and foul the air with unbearable odors. For months Prairie Rivers Network has been […]
