Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and officials from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the Illinois Capital Development Board have announced plans for two projects to protect roughly 2.2 ...

The Waterfront Alliance on Tuesday announced the Illinois Beach State Park Shoreline Stabilization Project is the first freshwater restoration to achieve WEDG® (Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines) ...

An extensive design-build effort has stabilized Illinois’ last remaining shoreline, which has faced even more damaging impacts of late thanks to storms and record high water levels on Lake Michigan.

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The future park at historic Elktonia-Carr’s Beach will be a celebration of its African-American history. The property is the last remaining piece of a 180-acre tract of land known as Carr’s and ...