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Barring any last-minute court decisions, the Greater Rockford Airport Authority will soon resume construction on its cargo expansion project, bulldozing a portion of ancient Bell Bowl Prairie in order to carve out a new roadway.
Photographer Sascha Fonseca captured a rare photo of the critically endangered Siberian tiger using a camera trap in Far East Russia.
A rare patch of 8,000-year-old remnant Illinois prairie has been granted a new three-month lease on life, as the Greater Rockford Airport Authority has again delayed demolition of the natural area, pending additional environmental review.
On Friday, the Greater Rockford Airport Authority filed a motion in U.S. District Court to dismiss a lawsuit blocking the airport’s planned expansion of its cargo operations, which would destroy a rare five-acre high-quality remnant prairie in the process.
From tackling flawed regulatory processes to ensuring protections for valuable natural areas, the coalition that sprung up to save Bell Bowl Prairie said its work has just begun.