Tri-County Regional Planning Commission is the recipient of a $3,000 grant from American Water through the company's Environmental Grant Program. The grant will fund the Illinois River Watershed Public Awareness Program, a public education campaign to increase regional awareness of the importance of watershed preservation and restoration of the Illinois River. A central part of this effort will be promotion of a new storm water and watershed education web site to be launched by TCRPC later this summer.
Be on the lookout for information about what YOU can do to improve the health of your local watershed and restore the Illinois River!
Esther Dundore (second from left) of Illinois American Water presents a check to (from left) planner Lori Havenga, TCRPC chairwoman Caroline Schertz, and planner Nick Hayward.
June 23, 2008
