Number of visitors: 953,000 What: Overlooking the mighty Ohio River from the southern tip of Illinois, this majestic location has been preserved and maintained since 1908, when it became Illinois ...

For lakes and ponds, only 0.7%, or 2,404 acres of overall water have been assessed for the Clean Water Act, out of 321,296 acres. From the less than one percent assessed, 54.6% of all the water ...

Illinois officials took possession last week of a 50-acre stretch of riverbed in the Des Plaines River near Joliet in a last-ditch effort to prevent an ecological disaster from reaching Lake Michigan.

A stalemate between President Donald Trump and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker that threatened a $1.2 billion plan to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes appears to have been settled after ...

The 1,080-acre St. Clair County park features the 18-hole Grand Marais Golf Course, two lakes for outstanding fishing, and plenty of open space for picnicking and other outdoor fun.

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Illinois must protect the Great Lakes from invasive carp. A toxic mess stands in the way. on May 28, 2025.

SPRING BAY, Ill. (WMBD) — One of the unusual features of Sankoty Lakes Resort in Central Illinois is that it has a trout stream. As Tom McIntyre reports from Spring Bay, IL, you may catch the ...

Chicago-area water pollution may be stalling spread of Asian carp A stalemate between President Donald Trump and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker that threatened a $1.2 billion plan to keep invasive carp ...