[iframe http://www.grassroutes.us/campaigns/93/iframe 300px 700px] This week, our U.S.Senators are taking up the Farm Bill, a massive piece of legislation that is renewed approximately every 5 years. The Farm Bill covers a broad array of food-related topics, from food stamps to farmer subsidies. Within the Farm Bill is an important provision called Conservation Compliance, which requires […]
Wetlands
Action Alert: Starved Rock State Park Threatened by Proposed Sand Mine
Please contact LaSalle County Board members and tell them to protect Starved Rock by not permitting the sand mine. If you have time for just one call, the board chair is Jerry Hicks, 815-795-2608. A proposed sand mine adjacent to Starved Rock State Park could drain a rare, brackish wetland, with high quality plant communities […]
Pressing President Obama for Stronger Water Resource Planning
Prairie Rivers Network and Partners Press Obama Administration for Better Water Resource Planning U.S. Army Engineers open the Morganza Spillway , Morganza, MS, to relieve pressure on the flood waters of the Mississippi River, on Saturday, May 15, 2011. Source: flickr/US Army Corp of Engineers Photo. The 2011 floods and their aftermath will be a fact […]
Press Release–Federal Agencies Attempt to Clear Up Clean Water Act Uncertainty
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 27, 2011 Implications for Illinois waterways not yet known Yesterday the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) released draft guidance to provide clarification about which water bodies are subject to regulation under the Clean Water Act. The two agencies worked together to develop the […]
