Frequently Asked Questions
Who are the Members of the Council?
How do I get involved?
Supporting
You Can
Help Save The Peoria Lakes! Heartland
Water Resources is supported through contributions from concerned citizens,
organizations, and corporations in the effort to bring about the revitalization
of the upper and lower
Hands
On
Get involved with a
river clean up. Heartland Water
Resources Council organizes an annual clean up of an approximate 5 mile stretch
of
Who are the Members of the
Council?
HWRC OFFICERS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Thomas Tincher
|
PRESIDENT K.
Russell Crawford Caterpillar
Inc. |
Douglas
W. Fehr Heartland
Farm Bureau |
Dorothy
Sinclair Tri-County
Riverfront Action Forum |
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VICE-PRESIDENT Michael
Godar Tazewell |
Bill
Fischer IVY Club |
David
Sinn Heyl
Royster Voelker & Allen |
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SECRETARY Bill
White |
Robert W.
Frazee U of
I Extension |
David
Tebben Mayor,
City of (Alternate:
John Abel) |
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TREASURER Steve
Antonacci Aventine
Renewable Energy |
Gary Fyke Mayor,
City of |
EX OFFICIO |
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BOARD MEMBERS |
Rick Fox |
Christine
Davis |
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Mark
Allen Mayor,
Village of (Alternate:
Tom Horstmann) |
Dale
Goodner Peoria
Park District |
Tim
Butler 18th
Congressional District |
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Bob
Baietto |
John
Heller Caterpillar,
Inc. |
Jim Mick IDNR,
Division of Fisheries |
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Lee
Baldwin Citizen
Representative |
Wayne
Ingram MACTEC
Engineering & Consulting |
Bradley
Thompson USACOE
Rock Island District (Alternate:
Marshall Plumley) |
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Professional
Engineer |
Steve
Jaeger TransPort |
HONORARY |
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Charles
Blye Citizen
Representative |
Terry
Kohlbuss (Alternate) Tri-County
Reg. Planning Commission |
Marilyn
Michels-Pietz (Mrs. Otis Michels) |
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Vickie
Clark EDC
Scenic Byway Project (Alternate:
Anaise |
Pete
Lambie Woodford |
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Norman
Durflinger President,
(Alternate:
Darrell Vierling) |
Marsha
Livers Prairie
Rivers RC&D |
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Kurt
Ehnle SWCD
Boards |
David
Mingus Mayor,
City of |
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Claudia
Emken The
Nature Conservancy |
Sherri
Morris |
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What
is a Watershed?
It's the area of land that catches rain and
snow and drains or seeps into a marsh, stream, river, lake or groundwater. A
Watershed Protection Approach is a strategy for effectively protecting and
restoring aquatic ecosystems and protecting human health. This strategy has as
its premise that many water quality and ecosystem problems are best solved at
the watershed level rather than at the individual waterbody or discharger
level. Major features of a Watershed Protection Approach are: targeting
priority problems, promoting a high level of stakeholder involvement,
integrated solutions that make use of the expertise and authority of multiple
agencies, and measuring success through monitoring and other data gathering.
What is CREP?
Conservation
Reserve Enhance Program (CREP)
The Illinois Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program
(CREP) is a cooperative effort between landowners, state, local and federal
agencies designed to enhance the Illinois River by protecting water quality and
land in the Illinois River Watershed.
Did you know…?
Nine major rivers enter into the
Illinois River (Chicago, Des Plaines, Fox, Kankakee, Vermillion, Mackinaw,
Sangamon, Spoon, and LaMoine)
Land in 54 Illinois counties drain into
the Illinois River.
90% of the state’s population lives in the
Illinois River watershed.
22 counties border the Illinois River.
More than 60 million tons of commodities
are shipped on the Illinois River annually:
farm products, coal, iron, petroleum products, chemicals, steel, sand
and gravel.
“Prairie” is the French word meaning
“grazed meadows”
Last revised: June 2006