We need your help today to pass a bill that will strengthen oversight of factory farms in Illinois ! Dairy cows inside a factory farm Prairie Rivers Network, Environment Illinois, and Illinois Citizens for Clean Air & Water are supporting a bill to establish a fee for water pollution permits issued to factory farms. Factory […]
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In the News: The New York Times Reports on Prairie Rivers Network’s Work
The New York Times is reporting on our recent notice of intent to sue the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for violations of the Clean Water Act. Read the full NYT article here.
Workshop: “How to Write a Fundable 319 Grant” (Collinsville, IL)
NOTE: This workshop has previously been held in Lisle, IL (3/3/10) and Bloomington, IL (6/23/10). WHAT: Our popular workshop on how to successfully write 319 grant proposals is being held in Collinsville. Learn tips on how to secure CWA 319 funding to successfully implement your watershed projects. WHEN: Monday, March 28 from 1 pm – […]
PRESS RELEASE – Serial Spillers: Suit Announced to Limit MWRD Water Pollution
Illegal sewage discharges mucking waterways from Chicago to Gulf of Mexico For immediate release: March 1, 2011 CHICAGO (March 1, 2011) – Water pollution illegally dumped from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District’s (MWRD’s) three sewage treatment plants and combined sewer overflow pipes has created a plume of harmful impacts stretching from Chicago all the way […]
Secret Army Corps report on Asian carp: How we secured its release
If you have been following the efforts to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes, you have probably heard the barge industry and state and federal agencies express confidence that the fish are being held back by the electric fence in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. Prairie Rivers Network has been looking for […]
