Speaker: John Rogner

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has suffered a nearly continuous erosion of base funding and staff capacity since the mid-2000’s, culminating in several years of no or partial budgets during the previous administration. We have now moved from survival mode into recovery mode, and are re-starting programs and projects that were dormant for several years. This presentation will speak to challenges and opportunities both unique to Illinois and those shared by fish and wildlife agencies across the nation, and highlight some recent and anticipated project successes in the Fox River watershed.