Salt Creek Wins!

By Deanna Doohaluk

On October 6, 2020, in a 5-2 vote, the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County (FPDDC) Board of Commissioners voted to allow the DuPage River Salt Creek Workgroup (DRSCW) to implement the Master Plan for Salt Creek at Fullersburg Woods. The Concept Master Plan includes the removal of the Graue Mill dam, intensive stream restoration along 1.2 miles of Salt Creek, and addition of recreational and educational amenities at the Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve. The work will also include provisions to maintain the mill’s raceway and power the waterwheel. 

Image courtesy of DRSCW

The DRSCW would like to thank the River Prairie Group of the Illinois Sierra Club for your support and tireless efforts in getting this project approved. Your emails, phone calls, and public comments to the FPDDC played a huge part in obtaining the FPDDC support of the Master Plan. 

The next step will be the selection of a professional firm to prepare the bid packet for the project. Construction is planned for 2022. Track the progress of the DRSCW’s work on the implementation of the Master Plan at RestoreSaltCreek.org.

Deanna Doohaluk is the Watershed project manager for the DuPage River Salt Creek Workgroup