Illinois’ Emiquon Nature Preserve in spotlight as wetland protections lifted
A U.S. Supreme Court decision last year stripping wetlands of most federal protections is drawing more attention to places like Fulton County’s Emiquon Nature Preserve, and what states like Illinois can do in response.
According to DNR, just 2.6% of Illinois’ landscape is wetland. Yet 40% of the state’s species depend on that wetland habitat. A bill proposed in the Illinois General Assembly would create some protection for wetlands at the state level – though there is some confusion about the measure.
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