Illinois Prairie Path
What's New

What's new in and around the Illinois Prairie Path

IPP News:

• Prairie Path users decry loss of trees
• Earth Day Cleanup, 9am, Saturday, April 26, 2003
• Bird Walk, 9am, Saturday, May 17, 2003
• IPP General Member's Meeting, 2pm, Sunday, November 2, 2003
• News on the "Special 8"
• New IPP color map
• Information on on the IPP book The Living Legacy of the Chicago Aurora and Elgin book by Peter Weller and Fred Stark presented at the 1999 IPP General Member's meeting.
  Note: A letter from the authors - the book is in short supply and not to be reprinted.

Legislation affecting the IPP or other Rails-to-Trails projects:

• H.R.2339, to amend the National Trails System Act to create a new category of long-distance trails and to designate the American Discovery Trail as the first trail under that category.
• Write your U.S. Congressperson thanking them for the support of TEA-21 (ISTEA). See our trail enhancements or our newsletters if you wonder why. (or go to the ISTEA.org site)