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Environmental Progress - Fall 1998

$125,000 in Lake Protection Grants Awarded

Five inland lakes projects share awards funding

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency recently allocated a total of $125,000 among five inland lakes projects through the Priority Lake and Watershed Implementation Program. The projects, and the amounts they will receive, include shoreline erosion control efforts at Charleston Side Channel Reservoir (Coles County) $30,000; Lake Taylorville (Christian County) $15,000; Olney East Fork Lake (Richland County) $30,000; and Little Bear Lake (Lake County) $25,000; and installation of a lake aeration system at Lake Lou Yaeger (Montgomery County) $25,000.

Priority Lake and Watershed Implementation Program grants support lake protection and restoration activities at priority lakes where the causes and sources of impairment are apparent, sites are easily accessible, project size is relatively small, and local management entities are in place to implement the selected treatments. Priority lakes generally have multiple uses such as recreation and public water supply, or are high quality unique resources.

Funding for the program, to be conducted on an annual basis, is made available under the Conservation 2000-Illinois Clean Lakes Program.