Potawatomi land transfer advances in Illinois House
A bill giving roughly 1,500 acres of Shabbona Lake and State Park to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation passed out of committee today.
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A bill giving roughly 1,500 acres of Shabbona Lake and State Park to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation passed out of committee today.
The bill would authorize the state to hand over what is now Shabbona Lake and State Park to the tribe for $1. It also allows the tribe and the Department of Natural Resources to enter into a land management agreement under which the land would remain open to the public for recreational use for an unspecified period.
Those questions are part of a larger piece of legislation that passed the Illinois House last week.
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