November 8, 2017 | Press Release
PRN delivered petitions to Governor Bruce Rauner calling on him to sign the “We Are Still In” declaration committing the State of Illinois to the principles outlined in the Paris Climate Agreement.
Press Releases
ART STUDENT AWARDED PURCHASE PRIZE AT WILD & SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL
October 13, 2017 | Press Release
PRN will award Bradley University student Katelyn Edwards with a Purchase Prize for her photographic art in a joint Society for Photographic Education and PRN exhibition based on water.
PRN HONORS VOLUNTEERS, TEACHERS AT 50TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER GALA
October 6, 2017 | Press Release
Prairie Rivers Network (PRN) will honor three Champaign-Urbana area members as Volunteers of the Year and two Naperville teachers with River Steward Awards at its 50th anniversary gala.
PRN JOINS COMPLAINT AGAINST SPRINGFIELD’S DALLMAN COAL PLANT
September 27, 2017 | Press Release
PRN with the Springfield Branch of the NAACP and the Sangamon Valley Group of the Sierra Club announced a joint filing of a complaint against the Illinois Pollution Control Board (IPCB) and the City Water, Light and Power’s (CWLP) Dallman Coal Plant.
Herbicide Damage Hurts More Than Just Crops
September 1, 2017 | Press Release
The farm media have widely covered dicamba herbicide damage in soybean fields across the Midwest this summer. However, reports of off-target herbicide damage to other susceptible plants from early season weed control practices on both corn and soybeans are also on the rise.
