River Documents

Previous Studies on Kankakee River

IWS Kankakee River Restoration Studies

Kankakee River State Park Study

Articles

  1. A History of a Stolen River The Daily Journal Vic Johnson (PDF)
  2. A Look at the Kankakee The Daily Journal September 2, 2008 (PDF)
  3. Agencies Offer River Solutions The Daily Journal August 17, 2001 (PDF)
  4. Agencies Try Sand Removal The Daily Journal August 19, 2001 (PDF)
  5. Benjamin J Gifford Capitalist Land Baron and Swamp King The Daily Journal April 9, 2000 (PDF)
  6. Changing River Years End Marks Challenges for the Kankakee's Survival The Daily Journal December 2, 2000 (PDF)
  7. Cold Fingers The Daily Journal December 5, 2008 (PDF)
  8. Common Ground Conservation Officials Optimistic About Working Together The Daily Journal (PDF)
  9. Congressmen Shown Rivers Woes The Daily Journal (PDF)
  10. Conservation is Edgars Legacy The Daily Journal (PDF)
  11. Corps Localize River Work The Daily Journal (PDF)
  12. Corps Localize River Work The Daily Journal 4 1 03 (PDF)
  13. Corps Pulls Plug on River Study The Daily Journal (PDF)
  14. Corps Seeks Opinions of River Alternatives The Daily Journal March 31, 2000 (PDF)
  15. Corps Studies Sediment Problem Daily Leader December 23, 1997 (PDF)
  16. Drainage of Big Marsh Altered River Forever The Daily Journal September 25, 2000 (PDF)
  17. Ewing Seeks Army Corps River Study The Daily Journal (PDF)
  18. Feds Bicker Over River The Daily Journal September 25, 1998 (PDF)
  19. Feds States Work on Watershed Issues The Daily Journal September 26, 2000 (PDF)
  20. Fishing Two Rivers The Daily Journal September 7, 2007 (PDF)
  21. Flood Threat Increasing On Kankakee River USGS The Daily Journal (PDF)
  22. Hope for Kankakee River Flows with Army Corps Study Chicago Tribune December 26, 1997 (PDF)
  23. Its a Dirty Job Scientist dredges up way to put topsoil to good use November 11. 2007 (PDF)
  24. Kankakee River Focus of State Panel The Daily Journal December 10, 2004 (PDF)
  25. Kankakee River Plan Lauded by Officials The Daily Journal (PDF)
  26. Kankakee River Priorities Protect Good Stuff First The Daily Journal January 16, 2005 (PDF)
  27. Kankakee River Study Moves Ahead The Daily Journal (PDF)
  28. Kankakee's Fate Linked to the Illinois The Daily Journal December 5, 2003 (PDF)
  29. Kissimmee River restoration begins Kankakee Model The Daily Journal (PDF)
  30. Make Army Corps of Engineers Restore River to its Natural Flow John Snipes ltr to paper (PDF)
  31. Momence Wetlands Project Not Eliminater by Corps The Daily Journal January 31, 2003 (PDF)
  32. Opening the River Leads to Navigation The Daily Journal Vic Johnson (PDF)
  33. Partnership will Benefit from 2020 Program Country Market April 2, 2000 (PDF)
  34. Preserving Illinois Rivers Rural Horizons October 1997 (PDF)
  35. Preserving Illinois Waterways Starts with Kankakee River The Daily Journal April 27, 2000 (PDF)
  36. Restoring the Kankakee The Daily Journal May 21, 1999 (PDF)
  37. Riches of te Kankakee River Watershed The Daily Journal (PDF)
  38. River Agencies Report Progress The Daily Journal August 16, 2001 (PDF)
  39. River Once Was sand free Clear The Daily Journal September 29, 2000 (PDF)
  40. River Project Discussed Partnership Commended The Herald January 18, 2000 (PDF)
  41. River Projects Roll On The Daily Journal January 12, 2000 (PDF)
  42. River Sediment Serious US Indiana Channelization Key to Problem The Daily Journal April 19, 1996 (PDF)
  43. River Sedimentation Gains The Daily Journal December 6, 2000 (PDF)
  44. Rivers Offer Bounty of Recreation The Daily Journal September 28, 2000 (PDF)
  45. Rivers Sand Could Fill In Lake Beaches The Daily Journal December 9, 2004 (PDF)
  46. Sand and Restoration The Daily Journal September 16, 2005 (PDF)
  47. Sand Choking Out Wildlife The Daily Journal June 1, 2008 (PDF)
  48. Sand Deposits Worry Fishermen The Daily Journal March 18, 2005 (PDF)
  49. Sand Removal for River Moves Ahead The Daily Journal (PDF)
  50. Sand Removal for River Moves Ahead The Daily Journal January 29, 1999 (PDF)
  51. Sand Solutions May Lie In Indiana Work in Both States is Critical to Reducing Kankakee River (PDF)
  52. Saving the Kankakee Everybody Has a Plan The Daily Journal September 26, 2000 (PDF)
  53. Sediment Jams Kankakee River The Daily Journal (PDF)
  54. Sediment Problem Put in Focus The Daily Journal (PDF)
  55. Sediment Takes More of River The Daily Journal August 16, 2001 (PDF)
  56. Smothered in Sand The Daily Journal (PDF)
  57. Sprawl Threatens River and Cropland The Daily Journal September 25, 2000 (PDF)
  58. State Scientist Paints Bleak River Sedimentation Picture The Daily Journal December 6. 2000 (PDF)
  59. The Kankakee An Abused Resource The Daily Journal September 24, 2000 (PDF)
  60. The Kankakee's Water Wealth The Daily Journal September 30, 2005 (PDF)
  61. The Rivers Future May Be Its Past The Daily Journal (PDF)
  62. The Rivers Future The Daily Journal October 2, 2000 (PDF)
  63. The Worst Flood in Kankakee's History Lake up to 10 Feet Deep Covered Heart of City The Daily (PDF)
  64. Tide of Urban Growth Laps at Sea of Grain The Daily Journal September 25, 2000 (PDF)
  65. Time is Right for the Kankakee The Daily Journal (PDF)
  66. Time to Act on River Officials The Daily Journal October 16, 1997 (PDF)
  67. Unity Found in Kankakee River Restoration Plan Braidwood Journal April 22, 1998 (PDF)
  68. Up A Lazy River with Lawmakers The Daily Journal September 5, 1996 (PDF)
  69. Voice of the People Sand Solution Jim Sweeney (PDF)
  70. Water Quality Access Defines River The Daily Journal September 2, 2008 (PDF)
  71. Weller Backs Combined Efforts to Improve River The Daily Journal December 17, 1997 (PDF)
  72. Wet Vac to Suck Sand to Renew River The Daily Journal (PDF)
  73. Will the Wedge Stop Sand in the Kankakee The Daily Journal May 25, 2001 (PDF)
  74. Worst Ive Ever Seen Durbin Stunned by Size of Iroquois River logjams The Daily Journal (PDF)