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Urban Rivers is a nonprofit organization that aims at restoring the waterways in Chicago, Illinois. [1] The organization is focused on studying and reviving the city's river ecosystem and water health with floating wetlands . [ 2 ]
While the idea of an urban river renaissance is providing hope for cities like Chicago and Portland, there's still plenty of work to be done. Of the 3.5 million miles of rivers in the U.S., 50% ...
Fox River (Illinois River tributary), northern Illinois; Fox River (Little Wabash tributary), southern Illinois; Galena River; Grand Calumet River; Green River ...
Southern Illinois is a region of the U.S. state of Illinois comprising the southern third of the state, principally south of Interstate 70.Part of downstate Illinois, it is bordered by the two most voluminous rivers in the United States: the Mississippi below its connection with the Missouri River to the west and the Ohio River to the east and south, with the tributary Wabash River, extending ...
The Victorians placed rivers in underground culverts to contain the smell and create new land for buildings. Many urban rivers are hidden underground – 'daylighting' them would bring nature back ...
Cairo (/ ˈ k ɛər oʊ / KAIR-oh, [4] sometimes / ˈ k eɪ r oʊ / KAY-roh) [5] is the southernmost city in Illinois and the county seat of Alexander County.A river city, Cairo has the lowest elevation of any location in Illinois and is the only Illinois city to be surrounded by levees.
Environmental and conservation organizations in the United States have been formed to help protect the environment, habitats, flora, and fauna on federally owned land, on private land, within coastal limits, in-state conservation areas, in-state parks and in locally governed municipalities.
in Category:Rivers of Illinois by county. It should hold all the pages in the county-level categories, and may hold other pages such as lists.