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Citizens press Rock Island to protect Milan Bottoms; council backs land-and-water reserve registration
Summary
Residents and regional conservationists urged the council to halt development in the Milan Bottoms, citing wildlife surveys and alleged shortcomings in an environmental review. The council voted to register the Southwest Rock Island wetlands as a land-and-water reserve with the Illinois DNR.
Dozens of residents and conservation experts told the Rock Island City Council the Milan Bottoms wetland—described by speakers as one of the region’s last large intact wetlands—must be protected from proposed commercial development. The council adopted a resolution to register the Southwest Rock Island wetlands as a land-and-water reserve with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
Public commenters including long-time wildlife surveyors cited field work and inventories of birds, amphibians, reptiles and turtles. A speaker…
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