DuPage

Public Use Threatened - An article in the Chicago Tribune (https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-river-public-private-st-0711-20210710-h425h5z7tbaljpcsxnyrlnd4iy-story.html) says the State of Illinois is reviewing limiting access to 'part or all' of the DuPage River after a Plainfield (IL) resident complained to the DNR that tubers were trespassing and trashing private property along the river. (Plainfield is the next town North of Shorewood.)

Although the section of river described in the article (Naperville, Plainfield) is further North than the Shorewood/Minooka/Channahon section described in AW, it describes behaviour that we have seen on this section of the river (see my earlier posts). As noted in my other posts, the Shepley Road 'access' is being threatened due to similar behaviour.

It should be noted that closure of the entire river is not likely, considering the money local governments have spent on promoting the DuPage River trail, but it is certainly not outside the realm of possibility given the political power land owners along the river possess.

Please pass the word. Perhaps it will get to those who need to hear it.