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Voices of the Hennepin Canal
"The canal, whose initial official name was the 'Illinois and Mississippi Canal,' was the western link in a water route from the Upper Mississippi River to the Atlantic Seaboard." According to Jeff ...
Great Lakes invasive carp project on hold because Illinois governor doesn't trust Trump
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has halted a key project meant to defend the Great Lakes from invasive carp, citing federal funding ...
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Pritzker delays $1.2B invasive carp project over concerns Trump won’t cover federal share
The project calls for bubble, sound and electric barriers A shipping canal that forms part of the link between ... The ...
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Illinois River expected to get legislators’ attention, Senate president says
"I think our No. 1 priority is water and sewer, particularly where the Illinois River watershed is concerned," Sen. Bart Hester, R-Cave Springs, said in an interview. Hester, who is president of ...
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Illinois Puts Invasive Carp Barrier on Hold, Pritzker Says Trump Administration Can’t Be Trusted as Funding Partner
The state of Illinois has pressed pause on a barrier designed to keep invasive carp from entering the Great Lakes, saying it ...