For Immediate Release Thursday, March 6, 2014 MIDDLE FORK RIVER ADVOCATES CALL ON STATE OFFICIALS TO ADDRESS FAILING TOXIC ASH PITS OAKWOOD, Ill. – Illinois residents and river advocates spoke out at a press conference today to highlight ongoing deterioration at Dynegy Vermilion’s coal ash storage pits. Two of the three ash ponds at the […]
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Rocky Branch residents say NO to expanded strip mine
Prairie Rivers Network is supporting “Justice for Rocky Branch,” a strong group of residents fighting back against Peabody Energy’s plan to grow their strip mine in Saline County into the Rocky Branch community, near the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois. This mine would destroy over 1,000 more acres in an area already riddled with […]
Art Shows to Benefit Prairie Rivers Network
Two exciting art shows and sales will benefit Prairie Rivers Network in November and December. As part of the Art @ the Y series, painter Kim Curtis will showcase works from her series Thirtyseven, which documents the fascinating wetland area along the San Francisco Bay area’s highway 37. View these paintings and other works on her […]
Annual Dinner 2013 Roundup
The Prairie Rivers Network staff and board of directors had a wonderful evening visiting with 300 members and friends at our Annual Dinner on October 11th. Pictures from the Annual Dinner View more, full size photos at our Flickr site… Congratulations to our 2013 River Steward and Outstanding Public Servant Kevin Cummings received the […]
Urbana Champaign Sanitary District approves sale of water to Cronus Chemical
Prairie Rivers Network seeks right to enforce District’s promise to protect aquatic life By unanimous vote, the Board of Trustees for the Urbana Champaign Sanitary District approved the sale of more than 6 million gallons per day of water to Cronus Chemical at a special meeting held Thursday, June 20th. The District is now free […]
