Study: 72% of Illinois Wetlands No Longer Protected by Federal Clean Water Act

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Sep 25, 2025, 2:00 pm122 pts
Illinois once harbored more than 8 million acres of wetlands. By the 1980s, all but 1.2 million wetland acres had been lost, filled in for development or drained to make way for agriculture.

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