Update: March 1, 2003
Vote about whether to Save the Batavia Dam in Illinois Scheduled
for April 1
Citizens are fighting to save the
north Batavia dam in Illinois. According to the “Save the
Dam” web site, last fall’s decision by the City Council
of Batavia to remove the Batavia at a cost of $8.6 million was
in response to out-of-town political pressure. “This action
would make us a national experiment, a ‘poster child’
for dam removal in the midst of highly urbanized areas,”
stated Robert F. Barnes, M. D. on web site, www.keepthebataviadam.com.
A vote will take place on April 1. Contact information.
Additional Helpful
Organizations
Keep the Batavia Dam
Jean O’Sullivan
P. O. Box 128
Batavia, IL 60510-0128
E-mail: foxriver@beautifulhome.com
Web site: link
Citizens group in the City of
Batavia, Illinois, organized to save the north Batavia dam. Outside
pressure groups want the dam removed and the river returned to
wild.
Informal Illinois activists’
network
Joyce Morrison
12610 State Hwy. 16
Fieldon, IL 62031
twincedars@gtec.com
(Illinois activists at work against attacks on property rights,
dam removals, trail closings, Smart
Growth, Scenic Byways, proposed Biosphere Reserve, wetlands,
and other land control schemes)
Additional Resources
Our America - By David Hight (Self-published, 2005, 110 pp., 8-1/2
x 11, $20.00 ppd.)
Collection of essays about socialism, environmental regulation,
and other topics in the U.S. today. Valuable section about the
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service wilderness restoration planning
for the Chicago region.
Ordering information:
David Hight, Our America
P. O. Box 1259
Fulton, TX 78358-1259
Websites
Illinois State
General Assembly
link
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State News
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 “New
Wave of UNESCO World Heritage Sites Proposed” - By Carol
W. LaGrasse (PRFA Position Brief, June 2007)
This spring, the National Park Service announced that 36 locations
in the United States have been proposed for UNESCO World Heritage
Sites, adding to the twenty that already are designated in this
country. Such international recognition potentially threatens
private property rights because preservationists could exploit
the designation to stop the use of land in the region just beyond
a site’s borders.
More on this
topic: Biosphere
Reserves & World Heritage Sites
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- “Chicago
Biosphere Reserve Considered by Steering Committee”
— By Wesley Sholtes, Contributing Writer, (PRFA, February
15, 2003)
Chicago Wilderness, a committee involving a coalition of over
160 government agencies, non-profit organizations, environmental
groups, and other private entitles, is clamoring for a U.N. Biosphere
Reserve to encompass the City of Chicago and 10 counties in southeastern
Wisconsin, northeastern Illinois, and northwestern Indiana.
More on this
topic: Biosphere
Reserves & World Heritage Sites
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- De-designation of (Meeting of the) Great Rivers Scenic
Byway in Jersey County and Greene County, Illinois
Official Letters - September 27, 2002 to December 4, 2002
These letters document the success of private property rights
activists to get the U.S. Dept. of Transportation to de-designate
the federal Great Rivers Scenic Byway through two counties. “The
MGRSB north of the Jersey/Green County line is now completely
de-designated.” - Don R. Keith, Division Right of
Way Manager, U.S. Department of Transportation, Nov. 12, 2002
letter.
- 1. Letter
from Keith M. Sherman, Chief, Planning and Systems Section, Illinois
Dept. of Transportation, to Don Little, Jersey County Board,
December 4, 2002
- 2. Letter
from Don R. Keith, Division Right of Way Manager, U.S. Dept.
of Transportation, to Linda M. Wheeler, Director, Office of Planning
& Programming, Illinois Dept. of Transportation, November
12, 2002
- 3. Letter
from Keith J. Sherman, Chief, Planning and Systems Section, Illinois
Dept. of Transportation to David Collins, Chairman, Jersey County
Board, October 3, 2002
- 4. Letter
from Don R. Keith, Right-of-Way Program Manager, U.S. Department
of Transportation, to Linda M. Wheeler, Director, Office of Planning
& Programming, Illinois Dept. of Transportation, September
27, 2002
More on this
topic: Scenic
Byways and All-American Roads
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