For almost 45 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. Making a Difference for Illinois Rivers in 2011: “Traditions” mega-dairy denied permit to fill […]
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Illinois Hog Facility Fined for Fish Kill
Justice has finally been served in Iroquois County! In 2009, over 110,000 fish were killed after the R3E hog operation illegally discharged some 200,000 gallons of waste into a tributary of Spring Creek. The waste had been stored in holding ponds, but got into an underground pipe system that flows into the tributary. Earlier this week, the […]
Prairie River Notes – Fall/Winter Newsletter
View Prairie River Notes – Fall/Winter 2011 Newsletter with the following articles: Asian Carp’s Watershed Moment Factory Farms: 2 Steps in the Right Direction Introducing the Bruce Hannon Friends of Illinois Rivers State Proposes to Allow Serial Polluter to Open a New Mine Annual Dinner Round-up and River Steward Award Winnter – Scott Hays Run […]
Proposed New Strip Mine Threatens Drinking Water
Illinois EPA Proposes to Allow Serial Polluter to Operate New Coal Strip Mine Upstream of Canton Lake Help residents protect their drinking water and ask state regulators to do their jobs – sign the petition now! Residents in Canton are worried about their drinking water. Unfortunately, they have good reason to be. Canton Lake, Copperas Creek, […]
Annual Dinner 2011 Pictures
Thank you to all of you who attended our 13th Annual Dinner in October. The chance to gather with like-minded river friends, old and new, is one of the highlights of the year for our staff and board members. Please visit our flickr site for more pictures of our staff, board of directors, members and […]
