A $73 million state-funded project in Lake County aims to stabilize the last undeveloped Lake Michigan shoreline in Illinois and help protect native endangered species. Illinois Beach State Park in Zion on the state’s northern border contains about 10 percent of Illinois’ Lake Michigan shoreline, with 6.5 miles. But the undeveloped shoreline can erode up
To combat erosion and provide habitat for wildlife, the Illinois Beach State Park Shoreline Stabilization Project includes building 22 breakwater structures along 2.2 miles of shoreline to help protect the beach, providing natural habitat for wildlife.
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The benefit of a $73 million project at the Illinois Beach State Park in Zion isn’t just that it could help prevent the park’s 6.5 miles of shoreline from receding by 100 feet a year. It’s also .