A new report issued by Prairie Rivers Network (PRN) finds that, since 1980, over 322,000 people in Illinois have been exposed to nitrate levels in their drinking water that exceed the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) of 10 mg/L of nitrate, the Federal drinking water...
Stewards of the Upper Mississippi River Refuge are began their monthly bird walks on Saturday, April 14, 2018. Walks will be held on the second Saturday of each month from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. Participants will meet at 8:45 a.m. at the Ingersoll Wetland...
Stewards of the Upper Mississippi River Refuge and the US Fish and Wildlife Service are hosting Refuge Golf Cart Tours, that travel through the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. Tours are free and open to all ages. Trips are the...
Four Compatibility Determinations (CD’s) which evaluate various economic and/or commercial uses of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), are available for public comment through Monday, April 9,...
The Whiteside County SWCD Education Foundation is offering a workshop on chainsaw safety and tree felling on Saturday, February 24, 2018. The workshop will be held at 7395 Albany Road, Erie, IL, at the farm of Paul Youngs. The class will be held from 10:00...
