Prairie Rivers Network Thanks our Charity Running/Walking Team, Volunteers, and Sponsors Our 16 member team ran and walked a total of 252.7 miles in 45.32 hours at the Illinois Marathon, and raised $9,654 from 185 donors to help protect clean water and healthy rivers. A special thank you to our top three fundraisers: Jean, Rob, and Beverly Lucy Bannon – half marathon […]
Articles
Mississippi Memories: My Life in Anoka, Minnesota
The winning essay from Prairie Rivers Network’s “Our Upper Mississippi River: Connection, Inspiration, Transformation” essay contest! By Rebecca Gearhart The gentle way that the Mississippi River flowed past my childhood home did not change much during the 1970s and 80s when I lived there, and its presence was a source of stability when everything else […]
April RiverWeb Monthly E-News
Sign up for RiverWeb to have monthly updates emailed to you. Earth Day is this Sunday, April 22, 2012 We’ve compiled a list of opportunities for you and your family to celebrate and respect the home we share with all other living things. Let us know how you honor Earth Day – share your story or photos with […]
Study Shines Light on How to Stop Carp, Improve the Chicago River
By Robert Hirschfeld A highly-anticipated report clearly demonstrates that it is possible to separate the artificial connection between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River basins and prevent the transfer of invasive species through the Chicago River system. Authored by the Great Lakes Commission and Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, “Restoring the Natural Divide” re-envisions […]
Standing up for Science Education
BY BRIAN PERBIX Prairie Rivers Network was dismayed to learn last year that the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) is using taxpayer money to market a one-sided view of coal to students as the safe and clean fuel of the future. “From the Coal Mines to the Power Lines” is a K-12 […]
