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Previous Studies on Kankakee River
- A Purdue University Dr. Pence Study late 80s early 90s (PDF)
- B US Army Corp Sand Build Up Study 1931 1941 (PDF)
- C US Army Corps Fly Over Study 1939 1954 (PDF)
- D Kankakee River Preservation Assoc US Engineer Ofc 12.13.1940 (PDF)
- E Geology of the Kankakee River System in Kankakee County IL 1967 (PDF)
- F US Army Corp Navigability Determination 6.27.80 (PDF)
- G Hydraulics of Flow and Sediment Transport in the K3 River IL Institute of Natural Resources 0 (PDF)
- H US Army Corp Critical Restoration Project 2014 (PDF)
USGS Studies on Kankakee River
- A Kankakee River Sediment Proposal 7.30.91 (PDF)
- B Kankakee Sediment Proposal (PDF)
- C Dendrogeomorphic Estimate of Changes in Sedimentation Rate US Geological Survey 1995 (PDF)
- D Suspended Sediment Budget for K3 River Basin 1993 95 (PDF)
- E Changes in Cross Section Geometry and Channel Volume 1959 94 (PDF)
Kankakee River Restoration Support Studies
IWS Kankakee River Restoration Studies
Kankakee River State Park Study
Articles
- A History of a Stolen River The Daily Journal Vic Johnson (PDF)
- A Look at the Kankakee The Daily Journal September 2, 2008 (PDF)
- Agencies Offer River Solutions The Daily Journal August 17, 2001 (PDF)
- Agencies Try Sand Removal The Daily Journal August 19, 2001 (PDF)
- Benjamin J Gifford Capitalist Land Baron and Swamp King The Daily Journal April 9, 2000 (PDF)
- Changing River Years End Marks Challenges for the Kankakee's Survival The Daily Journal December 2, 2000 (PDF)
- Cold Fingers The Daily Journal December 5, 2008 (PDF)
- Common Ground Conservation Officials Optimistic About Working Together The Daily Journal (PDF)
- Congressmen Shown Rivers Woes The Daily Journal (PDF)
- Conservation is Edgars Legacy The Daily Journal (PDF)
- Corps Localize River Work The Daily Journal (PDF)
- Corps Localize River Work The Daily Journal 4 1 03 (PDF)
- Corps Pulls Plug on River Study The Daily Journal (PDF)
- Corps Seeks Opinions of River Alternatives The Daily Journal March 31, 2000 (PDF)
- Corps Studies Sediment Problem Daily Leader December 23, 1997 (PDF)
- Drainage of Big Marsh Altered River Forever The Daily Journal September 25, 2000 (PDF)
- Ewing Seeks Army Corps River Study The Daily Journal (PDF)
- Feds Bicker Over River The Daily Journal September 25, 1998 (PDF)
- Feds States Work on Watershed Issues The Daily Journal September 26, 2000 (PDF)
- Fishing Two Rivers The Daily Journal September 7, 2007 (PDF)
- Flood Threat Increasing On Kankakee River USGS The Daily Journal (PDF)
- Hope for Kankakee River Flows with Army Corps Study Chicago Tribune December 26, 1997 (PDF)
- Its a Dirty Job Scientist dredges up way to put topsoil to good use November 11. 2007 (PDF)
- Kankakee River Focus of State Panel The Daily Journal December 10, 2004 (PDF)
- Kankakee River Plan Lauded by Officials The Daily Journal (PDF)
- Kankakee River Priorities Protect Good Stuff First The Daily Journal January 16, 2005 (PDF)
- Kankakee River Study Moves Ahead The Daily Journal (PDF)
- Kankakee's Fate Linked to the Illinois The Daily Journal December 5, 2003 (PDF)
- Kissimmee River restoration begins Kankakee Model The Daily Journal (PDF)
- Make Army Corps of Engineers Restore River to its Natural Flow John Snipes ltr to paper (PDF)
- Momence Wetlands Project Not Eliminater by Corps The Daily Journal January 31, 2003 (PDF)
- Opening the River Leads to Navigation The Daily Journal Vic Johnson (PDF)
- Partnership will Benefit from 2020 Program Country Market April 2, 2000 (PDF)
- Preserving Illinois Rivers Rural Horizons October 1997 (PDF)
- Preserving Illinois Waterways Starts with Kankakee River The Daily Journal April 27, 2000 (PDF)
- Restoring the Kankakee The Daily Journal May 21, 1999 (PDF)
- Riches of te Kankakee River Watershed The Daily Journal (PDF)
- River Agencies Report Progress The Daily Journal August 16, 2001 (PDF)
- River Once Was sand free Clear The Daily Journal September 29, 2000 (PDF)
- River Project Discussed Partnership Commended The Herald January 18, 2000 (PDF)
- River Projects Roll On The Daily Journal January 12, 2000 (PDF)
- River Sediment Serious US Indiana Channelization Key to Problem The Daily Journal April 19, 1996 (PDF)
- River Sedimentation Gains The Daily Journal December 6, 2000 (PDF)
- Rivers Offer Bounty of Recreation The Daily Journal September 28, 2000 (PDF)
- Rivers Sand Could Fill In Lake Beaches The Daily Journal December 9, 2004 (PDF)
- Sand and Restoration The Daily Journal September 16, 2005 (PDF)
- Sand Choking Out Wildlife The Daily Journal June 1, 2008 (PDF)
- Sand Deposits Worry Fishermen The Daily Journal March 18, 2005 (PDF)
- Sand Removal for River Moves Ahead The Daily Journal (PDF)
- Sand Removal for River Moves Ahead The Daily Journal January 29, 1999 (PDF)
- Sand Solutions May Lie In Indiana Work in Both States is Critical to Reducing Kankakee River (PDF)
- Saving the Kankakee Everybody Has a Plan The Daily Journal September 26, 2000 (PDF)
- Sediment Jams Kankakee River The Daily Journal (PDF)
- Sediment Problem Put in Focus The Daily Journal (PDF)
- Sediment Takes More of River The Daily Journal August 16, 2001 (PDF)
- Smothered in Sand The Daily Journal (PDF)
- Sprawl Threatens River and Cropland The Daily Journal September 25, 2000 (PDF)
- State Scientist Paints Bleak River Sedimentation Picture The Daily Journal December 6. 2000 (PDF)
- The Kankakee An Abused Resource The Daily Journal September 24, 2000 (PDF)
- The Kankakee's Water Wealth The Daily Journal September 30, 2005 (PDF)
- The Rivers Future May Be Its Past The Daily Journal (PDF)
- The Rivers Future The Daily Journal October 2, 2000 (PDF)
- The Worst Flood in Kankakee's History Lake up to 10 Feet Deep Covered Heart of City The Daily (PDF)
- Tide of Urban Growth Laps at Sea of Grain The Daily Journal September 25, 2000 (PDF)
- Time is Right for the Kankakee The Daily Journal (PDF)
- Time to Act on River Officials The Daily Journal October 16, 1997 (PDF)
- Unity Found in Kankakee River Restoration Plan Braidwood Journal April 22, 1998 (PDF)
- Up A Lazy River with Lawmakers The Daily Journal September 5, 1996 (PDF)
- Voice of the People Sand Solution Jim Sweeney (PDF)
- Water Quality Access Defines River The Daily Journal September 2, 2008 (PDF)
- Weller Backs Combined Efforts to Improve River The Daily Journal December 17, 1997 (PDF)
- Wet Vac to Suck Sand to Renew River The Daily Journal (PDF)
- Will the Wedge Stop Sand in the Kankakee The Daily Journal May 25, 2001 (PDF)
- Worst Ive Ever Seen Durbin Stunned by Size of Iroquois River logjams The Daily Journal (PDF)