Title
Meeting introduction
Document Type
Presentation
Abstract
Undated speaker's notes. Describes organization's founding in 1994, stakeholders, aims, and partnerships with federal and regional restortation projects.
"PRIMARY CONCERN IS THE SAND AND SEDIMENT LOADS IN THE KANKAKEE RIVER. A GREAT DEAL OF THIS PROBLEM STEMS FROM THE DRAINING OF THE GRAND MARSH BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 1850 AND 1917. [when]...RIVER IN INDIANA WAS CHANGED FROM A 250 MILE MEANDERING STREAM TO A 90 MILE CHANNELIZED DITCH."
Recommended Citation
Black, J.R., "Meeting introduction" (2023). J.R. Black Kankakee River Materials. 88.
https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/k3jrb/88
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Comments
J.R. Black was an advocate for the conservation of the Kankakee River and spent many years collecting data and working with multiple organizations to preserve the Kankakee River Valley. His family donated his papers to Olivet Nazarene University.
This printed packet was filed in a folder titled "Presentation info kit."