A rare patch of 8,000-year-old remnant Illinois prairie has been granted a new three-month lease on life, as the Greater Rockford Airport Authority again delayed demolition of the natural area.
Construction on the Rockford Airport cargo expansion has come right to the edge of Bell Bowl Prairie. has been granted a new three-month lease on life, as the Greater Rockford Airport Authority has again delayed demolition of the natural area, slated for March 1, pending additional environmental review.
Twice now members of the Save Bell Bowl Prairie coalition have rallied to protect the small 5-acre slice of— less than 25 acres of which exist in Illinois in total — which is situated within the airport’s 3,000-acre property. The airport authority’s plan calls for a road to be built through the prairie as part of a $50 million expansion of its cargo operation.
Following an outpouring of public support for the prairie’s preservation, and the filing of lawsuits by Natural Land Institute, the November deadline wasApart from the pending litigation, Bell Bowl advocates continue to push for airport officials to come to the table and consider a compromise, one that would save the prairie while allowing for airport expansion. Just move the road, advocates say.
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