By Connie Schmidt
Hello to my friends from the River Prairie Group. Tabling season is in full swing with members of RPG leadership sharing information on the Sierra Club, DuPage Monarch Project, Plastic Reduction, and Clean Energy at many events. We are collecting names at tabling events to share the newsletter hoping to engage new members. I welcome you to email this newsletter to share with friends to welcome them to join our activities.
As we engage in our Lobby work for policy and laws in Springfield, it is more and more obvious that most of our DuPage County legislators are friendly to environmental legislation. This (in part) is due to many years of lobby and education work done by members of the RPG Lobby Team. See the article on the initiatives we are working for in 2024. Our own Senator Laura Ellman is the lead sponsor on the Wetland Bill that will restore IL regulations to what the federal rules were, before they were rescinded. Many thanks to the RPG folks who went to Springfield for the Annual Lobby Rally, May 9.
Check out the spring program recap, where many of you may even see yourselves in the photos. Many thanks to our presenters for sharing their valuable experience and information with us. In another article, Bob Barbieri writes of his adventure to see the eclipse in southern IL. What an amazing opportunity that was for many of us! There is even an article I wrote on an inspirational author who presented at a conference I attended.
As we put this newsletter together, our hope is that it helps you feel connected with RPG and each other. Again, I encourage you to share it and to reach out if you have questions. I hope to see you on the trail or at one of our events soon. Please look over the link to the calendar, which is updated frequently here.
Chair, River Prairie Group
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