Riverside Habitat Archives - Prairie Rivers Network https://prairierivers.org/tag/riverside-habitat/ Tue, 23 May 2017 14:12:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.2 https://prairierivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-new-PRN-favicon-32x32.png Riverside Habitat Archives - Prairie Rivers Network https://prairierivers.org/tag/riverside-habitat/ 32 32 114651131 Tell Congress to Protect America’s Wildlife https://prairierivers.org/uncategorized/2016/07/wildlife-act-petition/ Mon, 25 Jul 2016 19:12:30 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=19219 Today we face a new conservation crisis as emerging diseases, invasive species, and extreme weather threaten wildlife at a scale inconceivable just a few decades ago. Thousands of species of birds, mammals, fish, frogs, turtles, butterflies, and plants are slipping through the cracks. America has a proud history of bringing wildlife back from the brink. […]

The post Tell Congress to Protect America’s Wildlife appeared first on Prairie Rivers Network.

]]> 19219 WRDA we want? Healthy Rivers. https://prairierivers.org/articles/2016/06/wrda-we-want-healthy-rivers/ Fri, 17 Jun 2016 19:49:54 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=19076 Though it receives less scrutiny than other government actions, federal water policy has immense and lasting impacts on rivers and wildlife, as well as millions of Americans. And much of that policy is dictated by one piece of legislation–the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). An update to this large and complex collection of “all-things-water” policies […]

The post WRDA we want? Healthy Rivers. appeared first on Prairie Rivers Network.

]]> 19076 We have only ourselves (& the Army Corps of Engineers) to blame https://prairierivers.org/articles/2016/01/we-have-only-ourselves-the-army-corps-of-engineers-to-blame/ Thu, 07 Jan 2016 19:57:02 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=18686 Poor river policies wreak havoc on river towns and fragile ecosystems by Kim Knowles Governor Bruce Rauner has declared 23 Illinois counties disaster areas due to flood damages. Widespread flooding has shut down businesses, closed roads, forced evacuations, and taken lives as intense winter precipitation caused the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers to flood towns in […]

The post We have only ourselves (& the Army Corps of Engineers) to blame appeared first on Prairie Rivers Network.

]]> 18686 Land and Water Conservation Fund needs our support https://prairierivers.org/articles/2015/11/land-and-water-conservation-fund-needs-our-support/ Mon, 23 Nov 2015 20:08:04 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=18341 #SaveLWCF UPDATE 12/17/2015: We learned yesterday that the federal budget agreement will extend the Land & Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) for another 3 years. Since Congress let LWCF expire in Sept., that IS good news. BUT – we’re going to keep working for permanent reauthorization to this critical program. Stay tuned in the new year […]

The post Land and Water Conservation Fund needs our support appeared first on Prairie Rivers Network.

]]> 18341 Floodplain Managers Urge EPA to Stop the New Madrid Levee https://prairierivers.org/articles/2015/10/floodplain-managers-urge-epa-to-stop-the-new-madrid-levee/ Wed, 14 Oct 2015 19:26:44 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=18167 Today marks a significant victory in Prairie Rivers Network’s campaign to stop the New Madrid Levee project and protect the people, wildlife, and wetlands of southern Illinois. The Association of State Floodplain Managers is now publicly urging EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy to veto the levee project, which would destroy wetlands and wildlife habitat and put communities […]

The post Floodplain Managers Urge EPA to Stop the New Madrid Levee appeared first on Prairie Rivers Network.

]]> 18167