Re: NANFA-- Spawning postpones bridge project

Harry Knaub (harryknaub_at_netrax.net)
Wed, 11 Jul 2001 22:24:25 -0400

It's nice to see a government agency,particularly on a state level, go the extra
mile to do something that's just simply the right thing to do.

Harry Knaub

Roghfish_at_aol.com wrote:

> There maybe some hope out their after all.
>
> This was scanned from the JOURNAL STAR, in PEORIA, ILL on Monday, July 9, 2001
>
> Spawning postpones bridge project
>
> GURNEE - A $2 million bridge project at Mill Creek has been postponed this
> summer to give an endangered fish a quiet place to mate.
> Engineers also are planning an elaborate system of dikes, dams and fencing to
> ensure that widening the bridge at Mill Creek will not hurt the Iowa Darter,
> a minnow-size member of the perch family that lives in the waters near Gurnee.
> Helping the fish to spawn will cost an extra $100,000 and a one year delay In
> completing the work.
> Environmentalists say Lake County's decision to protect the darters' habitat
> during the crucial summer mating season is about as rare as the fish.
> "They're really going the extra mile, which the species appreciates and in
> the long run Illinoisans should appreciate," said Keith Shank, chief of
> impact analysis at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources' Division of
> Resource and Review. "We like to maintain the biodiversity of our state, and
> the Iowa darter is a big part of that. These little fish are an indication of
> the high water quality in the area, which is a good thing."
>
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