Action would also fight harmful algae blooms in Illinois lakes and rivers The U.S. District Court in Eastern Louisiana ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday to decide within 180 days whether it will require new limits on the nutrient pollution that is causing the growth of dangerous algae in the waters of Illinois and the […]
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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 […]
Your Tax Dollars and the Army Corps of Engineers
With spring’s longer and warmer days, many of us are getting out to enjoy Illinois’ multitude of diverse rivers and streams. These winding waterways are often the closest, perhaps the only, bit of natural landscape that many Illinois residents have for recreation and rejuvenation. A few of us might still be stuck inside, scrambling to finish our […]
We’re Fishin’ for Your Best Upper Mississippi River Stories!
Whether you have visited the Upper Mississippi River once, or lived next to it all your life, we invite you to enter an essay contest: “Our Upper Mississippi River: Connection, Inspiration, Transformation.” Share your experiences with, and connection to, this natural wonder. How has the river inspired you? How has the Upper Mississippi River changed your […]
A Needed Plan to Protect the Wabash River
Flowing for over 500 miles from its west-central Ohio headwaters to its confluence with the Ohio River in southern Illinois, the Wabash River is the largest un-dammed river east of the Rocky Mountains. For those living along the Wabash, planning to protect and enhance the river’s future has become a necessary priority. Earlier this summer, […]
