PRESENTATION KANKAKEE AREA SPORTSMAN\u27S CLUBS

WHERE WE WERE AND WHERE WE ARE NOW IN RELATION TO RESTORATION OF THE KANKAKEE RIVER Chronology of ownership and development on Kankakee River. List of water surveys and other studies. List of conservation organizations. No date provided, but appears to be during C2000 grant period

General Information for ___ - speech

No date included in document. Description of Kankakee River\u27s natural path, channelization, Potowatomie (sic) name, trivia, summary of two scientific studies regarding sediment and sandbed load, NIAA activities, J.R. Blacks\u27 role on Land Use and Water Resource Task Force, funding, and recognition by other agencies

Kankakee River Basin Partnership

This document, from a file folder labeled Presentation Information Kit, among the papers of J.R. Black appears to be an update to the Kankakee River Basin Partnership (KRBP) in 2006 describing the current status of the organization regarding IRS non profit status, two funded grants, development of acreage in the channel at the Indiana / Illinois State Line, Adopt A River program by the Northern Illinois Anglers Association, removal of a log jam by Iroquois County, and continued existence of the CREP program in Illinois

THE KANKAKEE RIVER GENERAL PHYSICAL AND HISTORICAL CHARACTERISTICS

6.5 page description of the history and geography of the Kankakee River from glacial era to 1980. River health and commercial activities are described. Includes reference list. Document is undated

KANKAKEE RIVER BASIN AND PARTNERSHIP [speaker\u27s notes]

Possible creation date of 1998. Speaker\u27s notes that appear to have been typed to accompany 23 slides.Overview of the natural resources and the Partnership\u27s work to restore, protect and enhance the Kankakee River Basin (see slide 11 note on page 2 of the document)

email to Debbie Bruce about Kinder Morgan gas line installation along Rt. 113

J.R. Black emails Debbie Bruce on behalf of a concerned citizen regarding planned water withdrawal from the Kankakee River for the purpose of testing new gas line installations. Black believes there is no reason for concern. Bruce states she will follow-up regarding necessary permits

Meeting introduction

Undated speaker\u27s notes. Describes organization\u27s founding in 1994, stakeholders, aims, and partnerships with federal and regional restortation projects. PRIMARY CONCERN IS THE SAND AND SEDIMENT LOADS IN THE KANKAKEE RIVER. A GREAT DEAL OF THIS PROBLEM STEMS FROM THE DRAINING OF THE GRAND MARSH BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 1850 AND 1917. [when]...RIVER IN INDIANA WAS CHANGED FROM A 250 MILE MEANDERING STREAM TO A 90 MILE CHANNELIZED DITCH

Comments On Budget Cuts & There Effect ON The IDNR

This is a call to restore the professionalism of the staff and funding for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, in the era of reduced funding for the C-2000 program and reduced services to citizens (hunting, damping, gun safety, etc.) Undated document

Letter to Cliff Cross

A letter from J.R. Black, Chairman of the Kankakee River Basin Commission, to Cliff Cross regarding support for KRBC fot the city of Kankakee\u27s application to the EPA for a Community-wide Brownfields Assessment Gran

ANSWERS TO THE ECOSYSTEM PARTNERSHIP BROCHURE QUESTIONNAIRE

Typed answers to six questions regarding the Kankakee River Basin Partnership and the Alliance to Restore Kankakee