Here is a guest commentary by Dr. Stacy James, Water Resources Scientist with Prairie Rivers Network. The article was originally published on May 1, 2011, and is reproduced here by permission of The News-Gazette, Inc. _______________________________________ Tales of eroding streambanks and increased flooding have become all too familiar across Illinois. People are literally losing their land […]
Agriculture
Agricultural Conservation Workshop a Success!
While the snow was falling January 11, 2011, some 30 people gathered in Rossville, IL for an agricultural conservation workshop. The workshop was sponsored by Lake Vermilion Water Quality Coalition, a group devoted to reducing water pollution in Lake Vermilion, Danville’s drinking water supply. Prairie Rivers Network sits on the Board of the Coalition and helped organize the event. Lake […]
