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Salt Fork Friends: Public Meeting on Proposed Coal Mine: May 23, 2012

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Public Meeting on Proposed Coal Mine: May 23, 2012. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Salt Fork Friends is a loose collection of people interested in sharing information, experience, and opportunities for the enjoyment of the Salt Fork River in east-central Illinois (Champaign and Vermilion Counties), and its watershed, wildlife habitats, and recreation areas. Check out the annotated map of the Salt Fork River. And we'll add them to the map. Other Local River Interest.

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Salt Fork Friends: February 2011

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Thursday, February 17, 2011. The Salt Fork ice broke today! A huge mass of broken slabs and chunks of ice filling the channel from bank to bank pushing logs and debris moved toward us at about 5 miles per hour. It was incredible! Clip video below to see and hear the ice flowing complete with my exciting comments! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Salt Fork Friends is a loose collection of people interested in sharing information, experience, and opportunities for the enjoyment of the Salt Fork River in east-ce...

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Salt Fork Friends: May 2010

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Monday, May 31, 2010. This morning we had a fun time paddling on Homer Lake. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Salt Fork Friends is a loose collection of people interested in sharing information, experience, and opportunities for the enjoyment of the Salt Fork River in east-central Illinois (Champaign and Vermilion Counties), and its watershed, wildlife habitats, and recreation areas. Check out the annotated map of the Salt Fork River. And we'll add them to the map. Other Local River Interest.

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Salt Fork Friends: June 2010

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Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Salt Fork River Paddler's Map. We have made a start on a Salt Fork River Paddler's Map. Of natural, historical, and other sites of potential interest on your next float. Many sites are on private property and should be viewed only from the river; a few sites that are off the river are noted as being on public roads or park property. This is a work in progress. Please contribute ideas for additional sites by email or comment to this post. Tuesday, June 29, 2010. Stay in the tube.

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Salt Fork Friends: Tagging Mussels

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Wednesday, September 5, 2012. Today was a great day to tag mussels, a bit rainy and mostly cloudy. We showed up at 10AM at the research facility along with a downpour. But things quickly settled down and a routine was established to tag the mussels from Pennsylvania. They have been in holding tanks all week. They all had to be scrubbed off. Then they were taken indoors and tagged and recorded. These mussels include Clubshell (. And Northern Riffleshell (. Can you tell which is which? Showing popular acce...

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Salt Fork Friends: Concern for the Salt Fork River

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Wednesday, August 29, 2012. Concern for the Salt Fork River. A propsed coal mine for the area has us very concerned about the Salt Fork River. There has been talk of removing water from the Salt Fork to wash coal. Then return water, which has washed coal, to the river. Stand Up to Coal. Has more information about the propsed coal mine. Please inform yourself and join us in whatever way you can to oppose the proposed Bulldog Mine. March 6, 2013 at 1:54 AM. Just wanted to say keep up the great work! Heуa, ...

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Salt Fork Friends: On this clear September day...

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Saturday, September 29, 2012. On this clear September day. You can see the bottom of the river. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Salt Fork Friends is a loose collection of people interested in sharing information, experience, and opportunities for the enjoyment of the Salt Fork River in east-central Illinois (Champaign and Vermilion Counties), and its watershed, wildlife habitats, and recreation areas. Check out the annotated map of the Salt Fork River. And we'll add them to the map.

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Salt Fork Friends: August 2011

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011. Fly Fishing on the Salt Fork River. On Sunday July 31, 2011, we went fly fishing on the Salt Fork River in Vermilion County. The width of the river channel made it easy for beginners such as us to get started without having to worry much about our backcasts. Posted by Tom Smith:. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Salt Fork Friends is a loose collection of people interested in sharing information, experience, and opportunities for the enjoyment of the Salt Fork River in east-central Ill...

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Salt Fork Friends: July 2011

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Sunday, July 17, 2011. Reporting Pollution or Dead Fish in the Salt Fork. PLEASE SAVE AND POST THIS IN A CONVENIENT PLACE:. What to do if you see pollution or dead fish in the river. Call Illinois Emergency Management Agency's (IEMA’s) 24-hour hotline immediately at 1-800-782-7860. They will log the call and contact EPA. Email a written description of who, what, when and where to Jeff Holste at the Champaign office of EPA. Wednesday, July 6, 2011. Pedal-Paddle-Pedal on the Salt Fork. Salt Fork River Runn...