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 […]
Events
Holiday Happy Hour, December 7
Please join staff, board members, volunteers, partners, and friends for our quarterly Happy Hour. Where: Quality Bar in Champaign, 110 North Neil Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820 When: 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. We’ll order pizza and toast to clean water and healthy rivers! Everyone is welcome!
Highlights from our 2012 Annual Dinner
2012 RIVER STEWARD BRENDA DILTS AND HUSBAND, RON DILTS MCKENZIE WAGNER, INC. – PRN gave a special, surprise, award to McKenzie Wagner, Inc. for donating their design expertise and resources over the past 5 years. TRACI BARKLEY, KIM KNOWLES, JEANNIE AUSTIN, RICHARD LAZARUS (KEYNOTE SPEAKER) ANNETTE CHINUGE, BETH ADAMS, HARV KOPLO, DANNYL DOLDER DANNEL MCCOLLUM […]
Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event in Champaign-Urbana
The Illinois EPA will conduct a one-day household hazardous waste (HHW) collection event on September 29, 2012 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the News-Gazette Distribution Center at 3202 Apollo Drive, Champaign. Items accepted include: Oil-based paint (no latex paint, please) Household batteries Paint thinner Used motor oil Herbicides Drain cleaners Insecticides Lawn chemicals […]
Ladies: Let’s Talk Conservation
The Women, Food and Agriculture Network, with partners Prairie Rivers Network, American Farmland Trust, and Friends of the Big Bureau Creek Watershed, are sponsoring a conservation workshop for women land owners in Bureau, Lee and LaSalle Counties. This event offers a peer-to-peer, informal discussion format which allows women landowners or managers to talk about their […]
