YOUR VOICE IS NEEDED IN SPRINGFIELD ON MAY 2ND Prairie Rivers Network and our partners will be talking to legislators about important environmental initiatives during Environmental Lobby Day on May 2nd. Please join us! This is a great chance to meet the staff of Prairie Rivers Network, learn about lobbying, and network with other activists. Most importantly, our […]
Legislation
Illinois Livestock Industry Subject to Pollution Permit Fees
An end to unfair fee exemption for “CAFOs” (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations) Today the Illinois Senate passed the Clean Water Funding Fairness Act (HB 5642), ending the livestock industry’s unique exemption from paying fees for their Clean Water Act permits. We are grateful to Representative Tryon (Crystal Lake) and Senator Frerichs (Champaign), who became the bill’s […]
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 […]
Prairie Rivers Network Garners Support for State and Tribal Wildlife Grants
Earlier this month, Prairie Rivers Network Habitat Conservation Specialist, Elliot Brinkman, traveled to Washington, D.C. to help educate legislators about the State and Tribal Wildlife Grants program. This program provides federal grant funds for projects that benefit wildlife and their habitats and gives priority to species of greatest conservation concern. It is also the primary funding source […]
