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The Illinois River Watershed Partnership (“IRWP”) released a report it undertakes annually.

The report is titled:

Annual Report – 2019

Boots on the Ground (“Report”)

The IRWP describes its mission as working to:

. . . improve the integrity of the Illinois River Watershed through public education, outreach, and implementation of conservation and restoration practices throughout the watershed.

Topics discussed in the Report include:

• Youth Education
  • Students Educated
  • Mobile Learning Lab Goals
  • Schools Visited
  • Stakeholders Participation Hours
• Conservation Plans for Watershed Landowners
• Topics Addressed through Educational Sessions
  • Commercial Low Impact Development
  • Native Plant Propagation
  • The What, Why & How of Riparian Buffers
  • Residential LID
  • Rotational Livestock Grazing & Proper Forage Maintenance
  • Streambank Restoration
  • Methods of Land Conservation
• Assessment Projects
  • Streambank Erosion Monitoring Study
  • Ecological Assessment of Priority Subwatersheds
• Riparian Restoration Program
• Watershed Sanctuary Field Trips
• Mobile Water Quality Lab
• Ecological Assessment of Priority Subwatersheds
• Steambank Erosion Monitoring Project
• Landowner Services Programs

A copy of the Report can be downloaded here.