Would becoming a National Park affect the fishing at Illinois’ Alton riverfront area?
One of my most memorable experiences as a journalist involved sitting in a boat on a frigid winter morning next to DNR Fisheries Biologist Rob Maher as we watched two fishermen pull giant spoonbills out of the Mississippi River.
Somewhere in a box, I have a photo of myself holding a 40-pound paddlefish – the proper name for the spoonbill – with the Alton riverfront in the background. I thought of that 25-year-old photo the other day when it was announced there is a major push to transform Alton’s riverfront area into the country’s next National Park.
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