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Residents, wildlife biologist question environmental review for Mile Bottoms development
Summary
At the Rock Island City Council public comment period, a wildlife biologist and adjacent property owners said the city and developers have not done sufficient on-site environmental surveying for a proposed Mile Bottoms project and expressed concern about impacts to a nearby bald eagle night roost.
Kelly McKay, a wildlife biologist from Hampton, Illinois, told the Rock Island City Council during public comment that the city and the project developer have not done adequate field work to assess impacts of a proposed development at Mile Bottoms.
"The word bald eagle is never mentioned once," McKay said of the 34-page environmental assessment prepared by Shive Hattery, referring to what she described as a desktop-only study. She said the assessment relied on outdated databases and that state wildlife staff told her the report ‘‘should not be viewed as a substitute for actual field surveys.’’
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