Landowners clash over Cache River drainage debate
Officials from the Interior Department and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers push for permits to drain lands in the Cache River area while local landowners resist. They argue for preserving wetlands amid conflicting views on clearing channels and potential profits from land sales. Incidents of property damage and threats have sparked tensions, though authorities say dialogue continues.
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U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Karnak
Henry Schnaare
Schnaare
Needham
Southern Illinois Sierra Club
Cache River
Pulaski County
Russell
Daken
De Soto Board Clamps Down On High Weeds
De Soto city council warned violators of the grass and weed height ordinance by authorizing letter notices. Continued violations may incur a $50 fine. The meeting also approved four way stop signs at North Hickory Washington and North Walnut Washington. A fence funding request for Grade School District 86 playground protection was tabled for study.
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de Soto
Council
North Hickory
Washington Streets
North Walnut
SIU C students sweep state electricity competition
SIU C electronics majors won first place in four of five categories at a statewide contest for electricity electronics students. Timothy Cross from Harrisburg senior took microprocessors, George Lustre from Midlothian freshman won alternating and direct current, Mark Clark from Salem sophomore took linear, and Bill Gladaday from Mount Vernon senior won digital.
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
School of Technical Careers
Siu-C Wwners
Timothy Cross
Hrtsburg
George Lustre
Midlothian
Mark Clark
Salem
Bill Galladay
Mount Vernon
Buttonland Swamp Land Swap Aims to Save Illinois Treasure
Illinois moves to swap land with Westvaco Lumber to protect Buttonland Swamp and Burnham Island. The deal, backed by state agencies and conservation groups, would curb drainage and logging while preserving a key ecosystem and the oldest tupelo trees east of the Mississippi. The measure awaits Illinois General Assembly approval, with nonprofit Nature Conservancy buying 175 acres and seeking funds for a third parcel.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern
Illinois An
Cache River
Perks
Karnak
Gulf Coastal Plain
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
Buttonland Swamp
United States
Cecil D. Andrus
Illinois Department of Conservation
Westwaco Lumber Company
Burnham Island
Mississippi River
Alexander County
Illinois General Assembly
Carl Becker
IDOC
Becker
Roy Kerley
Ralph Brown
Illinois
Nature Conservancy
Illinois Natural Area
Brown
Citizens Committee To Save
Cache
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