Prairie Rivers Network

We need to know what rivers you recreate on - paddling, fishing, hiking… This information helps us argue for their protection. Prairie Rivers Networkneeds your participation. We are collecting data on where our members and supporters wade, swim, fish, and paddle. This is important. ...

Shop locally and consciously, and support a business that supports Illinois’ rivers! From November 23 to November 25, mention PRN’s enews and receive 15% off your entire purchase at B.Lime Green located at 12 E Washington St. in Champaign. *S...

PRN’s Water Resources Scientist, Stacy James, reminds our neighbors, in a letter to the editor recently published in The News-Gazette, that raking leaves is the best way to clean up: It’s autumn, and the leaves are falling once again, covering lawns and choking storm sewers. It...

Two citizen groups engaged in legal battles with factory farms are in great need of financial donations to pay their litigation costs. Factory farms house thousands of confined poultry and livestock that may never stand in sunshine or eat a blade of grass...

Traci Enjoying a Day on the River One of PRN’s water resources scientist, Traci Barkley,was working to protect clean water at a recent water discharge permitpublic hearing held bythe Illinois Environmental Protection Agency at the SIC Foundation Center in Harrisburg. ...

The Illinois Paddling Council is holding the firstPumpkin Paddle -an opportunity for newer paddlers, veterans and families to experience fall color on the Chicago River’s Ralph C Frese River Trail, and have a little Halloween fun. ...

A preliminary evaluation of Illinois’ 24 coal-fired power plants and 83 coal ash impoundments conducted by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) found that: At most impoundments (51 of 83), no liners to contain waste and prevent pollution of groundwater were installed; At most i...

Stacy James, one of PRN’s Water Resources Scientist, was recently quoted by the NEW ORLEANS METRO REAL-TIME NEWS regarding a new initiative funded through the US Department of Agriculture totarget and reduce agricultural runoff into the Mississippi river in order to reduce the “dead zone” in the G...

Prairie Rivers Network seeks an energetic and outgoing individual to combine strong technical knowledge with outreach and communication skills to promote riverside habitat protection and restoration along the state’s 87,000 miles of rivers and streams, including the Illinois portion of the M...

A Message from the Director of IDNR As Director of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, I believe it is important to hear from our constituents...

Environmental Fair in Western Springs, IL on October 17 Don’t miss this great opportunity to learn more about eco-friendly products, services and organizations. ...

Click to Enlarge Formed in 2006, The East Central Illinois Regional Water Supply Planning Committee (RWSPC) released its final report in June, 2009, containing recommendations for future regional water supply planners...