River Activists Directory

Joanna Hoelscher, Executive Director
Citizens For a Better Environment
407 South Dearborn Street, Suite 1775
Chicago, IL 60605

Sam Oliver, Staff Director
Citizens For Conservation
P.O. Box 435
Barrington, IL 60011

Dan Faust, Chairman
Central Illinois Chapter of the Illinois Paddling Council
17 Oakwood Drive
Pontiac, IL 61764

Gary Mechanic, Executive Director
Des Plaines River Alliance
4905 N. Hamlin
Chicago, IL 60625

Mark Wertz, State Chairman
Ducks Unlimited
30 Rosewood Lane
Pekin, IL 61554

Karen Hudson
Families Against Rural Messes (F.A.R.M.)
P.O. Box 615
Elmwood, IL 61529

Sam Stearns, Public Education Coordinator
Friends of Bell Smith Springs
RR 1, Box 154
Stonefort, IL 62987

Nick Nikola
Friends of Critters and Salt Creek
114 Essex Road
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007

Cynthia Skrukrud, Ph.D., President
Friends of the Fox River
P.O. Box 1314
Crystal Lake, IL 60039

Ken Konsis, President
Illinois Association of Conservation Districts
2296-A Henning Road
Danville, IL 61834

Marilyn Campbell, Executive Director
Illinois Audubon Society
425B N. Gilbert
P.O. Box 2418
Danville, IL 61834-2418

Edward L. Michael
Conservation and Fishery Development Chair
Illinois Council of Trout Unlimited
223 Barberry Road
Highland Park, IL 60035

Lynne Padovan, Executive Director
Illinois Environmental Council
319 W. Cook
Springfield, IL 62704

Kevin Bradley
Illinois Paddling Council
610 Randi Lane
Hoffman Estates, IL 60194

Bob Williams
Illinois Rivers Project
Southern Illinois University
Box 2222
Edwardsville, IL 62026

Randy Vogel, Executive Director
Illinois Stewardship Alliance
PO Box 648
Rochester, IL 62563

Laura Huth, Executive Director
Illinois Student Environmental Network
110 S. Race, Suite 205
Urbana, IL 61801

Rhea Edge
John Wesley Powell Audubon Society
313 North Main Street
Bloomington, IL 61761

DeAnna Belz, President
Living Upstream (Bloomington Chapter)
Rt. 1 Box 166
Towanda, IL 61776

David Pittman, Co-Chair
Living Upstream Chapter of the Sun Foundation (Peoria Chapter)
2701 W. Moss Ave.
Peoria, IL 61604

George Burrier, President
Mackinaw Canoe Club of Central Illinois
257 E. Washington St.
East Peoria, IL 61611

Jerry Paulson, Chair
Water Resources Committee
McHenry County Defenders
132 Cass Street
Woodstock, IL 60098

Gerald Adelmann, Executive Director
Openlands Project
25 E. Washington Street, Suite 1650
Chicago, IL 60602

Jay Friberg
Prairie Preservation Society of Ogle County
1522 Stillman Road
Oregon, IL 61061

Don Swensson, Grant Administrator
Quad City Conservation Alliance
2621 4th Ave.
Rock Island, IL 61201

Martha Marks, Ph.D., Executive Director
REP America (Republicans for Environmental Protection)
PO Box 7073
Deerfield, IL 60015

Valerie Spale
Salt Creek Greenway Association
Save the Prairie Society
10327 Elizabeth
Westchester, IL 60154

Jeff Swano, Executive Director
Salt Creek Watershed Network
8738 Washington Ave.
Brookfield, IL 60513

Dennis Wandell, President
Salt Fork River Partners
1167 County Rd 2400E
St. Joseph, IL 61873

Jack Darin, Director
Sierra Club, Illinois Chapter
200 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 505
Chicago, IL 60601-5908

Brook McDonald, Executive Director
The Conservation Foundation
10 S. 404 Knock Knowles Road
Naperville, IL 60565

Albert Pyott, President
The Wetlands Initiative
53 W. Jackson Blvd. #1015
Chicago, IL 60604-3703

Friends of the Illinois River
c/o Central Illinois Tourism Development Office
700 East Adams
Springfield, IL 62701
(217) 525-7980
(217) 525-8004 fax
www.theramp.net/ilriver