For 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. Protecting Natural Areas Along our Rivers Click to download pdf Prairie Rivers Network is […]
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Prairie Rivers Notes – Fall/Winter 2012 Newsletter
Read Prairie River Notes – Fall-Winter Newsletter featuring the following articles: The Clean Water Act at 40: Under Attack but Alive and Still Kicking Greetings from Glynnis Run for Your Rivers and Walk for Your Streams at the IL Marathon Annual Dinner Recap w/ River Steward Award and A Living Document: The US Constitution and Clean Water 2012 Accomplishments Introducing […]
A Living Document: The US Constitution and Clean Water
Urbana, Illinois native and University of Illinois alumnus Dr. Richard Lazarus is distinguished among conservation advocates for the many environmental law cases he has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. As Prairie Rivers Network’s honored guest speaker for our 45th Anniversary Annual Dinner, Dr. Lazarus applauded the environmental protections achieved in the last forty years, protections that […]
Pollution Control Board Decision – Industry Mine owners will not get away with polluting our waters
The Illinois Pollution Control Board has agreed with Prairie Rivers Network, the Environmental Law and Policy Center, and The Sierra Club that Industry Mine violated its permit more than 600 times! The Industry Coal Mine in McDonough and Schuyler Counties has been getting away with polluting local waterways for years. But on November 16, 2012, […]
Jo Daviess Megadairy Agrees to Call it Quits
The owner of the highly-controversial megadairy under construction in Jo Daviess County has agreed to abandon the project. Abandonment is part of the proposed settlement agreement between the dairy owner and the Illinois Attorney General’s Office. Helping Others Maintain Environmental Standards (HOMES), the local grassroots organization that opposed the proposed dairy, is thrilled that their […]
