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Illinois River/Mud to Parks Project
The Mud to Parks Project involved taking river mud and returning the soil to the land. It was envisioned by Illinois' natural resource scientists in the late 1990's to address the sedimentation that is choking Illinois' rivers. Removing the sediment that was once Central Illinois topsoil, and reusing it for parks and wildlife, is a win-win solution for the environment. View photos of the Mud to Parks project in the online archive.
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(2013-10-10)John Marlin - Research Affiliate at the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, a division of the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Abstract: The beneficial reuse of sediment ...
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(Champaign, IL : Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, 2020-05)Illinois Rivers 2020 to revive the Illinois River. It was a cooperative effort of the ISTC, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, and other state agencies. Illinois Department of Natural Resources, the Illinois ...
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(Urbana, IL : Illinois Water Resources Center, 2001)During the past two centuries the Illinois River and its hydrology have been altered numerous times. Early navigation works, levees, diversion, agricultural and urban drainage practices, locks and dams and other changes ...
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Potential Use of Innovative Dredge Technology and Beneficial Use of Sediment for River Restoration (Urbana, IL : Illinois Water Resources Center, 1999)This paper focuses on an overview of concepts for removing sediment from the backwaters and side channels of the Illinois River.
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(Bonsall, CA : Western Dredging Assocation, 2002-06)The overall habitat quality of the Illinois River is significantly degraded by over 100 years of sediment accumulation. Once-deep backwaters and side channels have lost well over 70 percent of their water storage capacity ...
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