Various routing alternatives for the proposed Prairie Parkway connecting I-88 and I-80 are currently under consideration by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT). The Friends of the Fox River has a vested interest in evaluating the potential impact that construction of such a freeway may have on the streams in the Fox watershed on or near the proposed routes under consideration.

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• Update on Prairie Parkway Corridor Planning Group Environmental Task Force Activities
  by: Tom Schrader, Vice President, Friends of the Fox River

• Friends of the Fox River Represented on Prairie Parkway Environmental Task Force
  by: Tom Schrader, Vice President, Friends of the Fox River

• Biological Surveys of Big Rock Creek and Tributaries, August 2002 and July 2003 (PDF)
  by: Robert C. Rung and Stephen M. Pescitelli, March 2004
  Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Region II Streams Office, Plano, Illinois

• Prairie Parkway Follow-up: Summary of IDNR Survey of Big Rock Creek
  by: Tom Schrader, Vice President, Friends of the Fox River

• IDOT Announces Public Meetings to Present Recommended Routes for Prairie Parkway

• The Prairie Parkway: Potential Threat to Sensitive Areas in the Fox Watershed
  by: Tom Schrader, Vice President, Friends of the Fox River