IDNR Director Colleen Callahan said the department wants to “do everything we can” to protect the beach and the native species in its ecosystem “before they both vanish forever.”
Illinois Department of Natural Resources officials announced a $74.5 million project to address shoreline erosion at Illinois Beach State Park, the state's only natural shoreline, on Thursday in what is believed to be the department's largest-ever capital project. Construction is slated to start this spring.