We're excited that, working with our partner, the LWV of Illinois Education Fund, we've purchased two watershed demonstration models. The models will be used to help the public visualize the many potential sources of water pollution, as well as solutions to prevent and clean up pollution. 

We are grateful to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for a Coastal Management grant that allowed us to purchase the models.

We'll be debuting the models this summer in Illinois Lake Michigan coastal communities. Volunteers will be trained to use them.  Check our calendar for opportunities to see them in action.

HR 861 "to Terminate the Environmental Protection Agency" has been referred to several committees in the House since its introduction on Friday, Feb. 3. We are proud Judy Beck and Jeanette Neagu, members of our board, rallied to Save the EPA today in Chicago.

Many existing environmental laws establish that they will be administered by the EPA, so we are not sure how this bill would work. Currently there is no published text or summary.  Keep watching for the details, and we will, too.