A 2023 Supreme Court ruling removed decades-old protections for wetlands. Now, Illinois lawmakers are fighting back. Proposed regulations could protect Illinois wetlands - WBEZ Chicago ...

This map shows an intricate network of tributaries that connect the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. ... An Illinois bill, SB 771, or the Wetlands Protection Act, ...

With approximately 80-90% of Illinois’ original wetlands lost to development or agriculture over the years, environmental advocates say its critical to keep safe what remains.

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Wetlands are soggy, muddy interstitial ecosystems like swamps, marshes, and bogs that often bridge the gap between dry land and larger bodies of water. The unifying feature across these landscapes ...

As federal protections for wetlands shrink, Prairie Rivers Network warns that southern Illinois could lose some of its last natural defenses against flooding and polluted water.

When Kurt Wilke’s father-in-law, Carl Hoffee, wanted to expand his central Illinois farm in 2010, he purchased 80 acres of land on which crops had grown for more than 100 years – land that USDA’s ...

Illinois appears to be well positioned to protect its wetlands. It’s a blue state with Democratic supermajorites in both state legislative chambers and a governor friendly to climate policy.But ...

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline How Big Ag thwarted wetlands protections in Illinois and Iowa on May 27, 2025. Advertisement. ... Site Map; Follow us on.