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Environmental Progress

Illinois EPA Volume XXXI, Number 1 Spring 2005

Director’s Viewpoint:
Accomplishments since the first Earth Day 35 years ago
SCALE:
IEPA partners with volunteer groups to clean up streambanks and lakeshores
Green Schools:
Grants at 32 schools improve environment
Clean School Buses:
More districts join "Adopt a Bus"; first sponsor
Poster/Prose:
Young environmental artists honored
Green Communities:
Environmental visions
Jennison-Wright:
Superfund site cleanup continues
Photo Page:
IEPA activities
Masthead

SCALE volunteers clean up shorelines

Front Cover: Young people pick up litter and recyclables along the Chicago River during the annual Chicago River Day, sponsored by the Friends of the Chicago River.

Rear cover: Two newspaper vending machines were among the items recovered during a Friends of the Sangamon Valley cleanup of the Sangamon River near Springfield. Both events are among those funded by Illinois EPA through SCALE (Streambank Cleanup And Lakeshore Enhancement) grants.