Phosphorus pollution can linger for decades in soils and streams, shaping water quality long after sources are reduced.

Starved Rock Lock, ACE Rock Island District (Credit: USACE) Rock Island District Locks Dams / CREDIT USACE (A Barge at Starved Rock. An average of 16 million tons of soybeans move through locks on the ...

Historian Joe Tokarz will present a lecture at the Illinois Waterway Visitor Center on January 4th about the role the ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Ten states, including Illinois, signed a cooperative endeavor agreement which some believe will lead to further economic growth. The agreement unifies both the inland ports of ...

Environmental advocates in Oklahoma want any proposed solutions to pollution from Arkansas to be more open to the public, speaking in the aftermath of a federal court ruling poultry litter puts too ...

CHICAGO, Oct. 23, 2020 BL Duke River Terminal, a division of BL Duke, is planning to resume normally scheduled business as repairs to the Illinois Waterway near completion. Northbound traffic from ...

Congresspersons Eric Sorensen (D-17) and Darin LaHood (R-16) both support the $75 million dollars allotted in the US FY2024 budget. This is the House Energy and Appropriations Bill, which will help ...

Grain barge shipping came to a near standstill in parts of the U.S. Midwest on Thursday as recent heavy rain and melting snow swelled rivers, halted barge loading and sidelined the towboats that haul ...

The current invasive carp population front on the Illinois River is approximately 47 miles from Lake Michigan.

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) – Locks and dams on the Illinois River are currently shut down for extensive repairs on a waterway which moves 40 million tons of farm, fuel, coal and manufactured goods each year ...

The Illinois Waterway closure of 2023 began June 1st to perform critical maintenance on the USACE locks at Marseilles, Dresden, and Brandon Road. The locks are set to reopen on October 1st. “So far it ...