Stream Stabilization What Can We Do in Waukegan to Help? • Enjoy the Waukegan River and tell others about it! • Properly dispose of yard waste. Erosion can be increased by leaves and grass clippings that finds their way to the river. Try composting. • Pick...
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Stream Stabilization What Can We Do in Waukegan to Help? • Enjoy the Waukegan River and tell others about it! • Properly dispose of yard waste. Erosion can be increased by leaves and grass clippings that finds their way to the river. Try composting. • Pick up litter and trash. Floating materials contribute to debris jams and contribute to possible stormwater runoff flooding. • Reduce lawn chemical applications. Precipitation transports fertilizers EN ESPAÑOL & ENGLISH and pesticides to rivers, lakes and even the groundwater. So… Have They Come? Fireman’s waukeganparks.org/signs If You Build It, They Will Come Memorial Park YORKHOUSE ROAD Bevier Park YORKHOUSE ROAD Yes! Each spring, salmon and trout Henry Pfau Callahan ROAD Park can be seen heading up the Wauke- Many years ago, the Waukegan Park District and the Illinois Environmental Protection Bonnie Brook NBAY Bird Sanctuary gan River to spawn in their yearly Agency boldly took aggressive action to repair the damage to the Waukegan R
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