"We know Benton County is losing 20 acres a year to erosion," said Annie Sales, Green Infrastructure manager for the Illinois ...

Negotiations with Tyson Foods and other large poultry producers began in 2001 to address chicken litter-caused water ...

finding the poultry industry discharged waste containing excessive amounts of phosphorous and bacteria into the Illinois River Watershed. The court notes that phosphorous pollution is “one of ...

In a name-your-poison twist, a new study from the University of Illinois adds to the evidence that Chicago-area waterway ...

One long-standing hypothesis posits that silver carp in the Illinois River have largely stayed well south of Chicago because the water quality degrades closer to the city. Recent research ...

Illinois' attorney general is suing ... claims the property draws and releases millions of gallons of water from the Chicago River without necessary permits. Moreover, the property has not studied ...

In a name-your-poison twist, a new study adds to the evidence that pollution is slowing the relentless advance of the ...

Study co-author Amy Schneider noted that water quality in the Chicago area has been improving, and a lot of the native fish found in the Illinois River are doing fairly well in the Chicago River a ...