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Protecting the waterways

Lake County resident tests positive for COVID-19

Agency works to preserve the Fox River and Chain O’ Lakes By Sandra Landen Machaj

vital to the area. To do so the Fox Waterway Agency As the Fox River was created by the State of winds its way from the Illinois in 1984. Wisconsin border into The agency has a very Northern Illinois, it straight forward purpose, meanders through 15 lakes which is “to improve and and channels that make up maintain the Fox River the Chain O’ Lakes. and Chain O’ Lakes Because of the length public waterway for of flow through the Chain, recreational use, to restore the area attracts more environmental quality, boats than any other inland manage flooding, promote water area in the United tourism, and enhance the States during the summer quality of life along the months. waterway for residents and “Before the financial tourists alike.” crash of 2008, we attracted With that purpose in about 28,000 boats to mind, it has become the the area each season,” job of the Fox Waterway Fox Waterway Agency Agency to keep the body Executive Director Joe of water healthy not only Keller said. “Since the for today’s residents but crash, our numbers for future generations. One have diminished to of the primary means of approximately 22,000. doing so is by dredging With added financial and recycling soil that pressures on Illinois finds its way into the residents, and boats being waters of the area. a luxury item, some “The rich farm topsoil residents and visitors have from farms in Wisconsin given up their boats as enter the waterway they could no longer afford through the Fox River the cost of the watercraft, into Grass Lake then insurance, or the fuel pours into our other lakes. required to run them.” Because this soil is so rich With so much boat in nutrients, it encourages travel through the lakes the growth of plant life and the Fox River it and clogs the lakes and became apparent that river impeding navigation, keeping the waterways as it moves throughout open and navigable was the chain if not removed,” CORRESPONDENT

Keller said. For years the material dredged from the lakes and river was collected on barges, taken to the lakeshore where it was then transferred to trucks and driven to an area where it could be unloaded and worked into the existing

soil. “A more environmentally friendly way to remove the dredged material is to own land on the shore where the material can be unloaded directly and skip the step of having to transfer it by truck. Hauling by truck increases costs and releases

The Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center is joining with the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) to announce that a Lake County resident has tested positive at the IDPH laboratory for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The resident is a man in his 50s and is in stable condition. Public health officials are still investigating the individual’s travel history and any potential contact with a known COVID-19 case. “Our staff is working to rapidly identify, interview and assess the risk for close contacts of the first COVID-19 case in Lake County,” said Lisa Kritz, Director of Prevention for the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center. “Our priority is the health and safety of all who live, work, and play in Lake County, and we continue to use every available resource to prepare our communities for additional cases of COVID-19.” Today the World Health Organization characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic. More cases of COVID-19 are expected in the United States and in Lake County. All communities should take measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19. For information about how to prepare, please visit Preventing COVID-19

more chemicals and CO2 into the environment,” Keller said. “At one time we owned 40 acres of land off the river, near Island Lake, but the land was transferred to another agency because the residents of this area

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The Fox Waterway Agency is at 45 S. Pistakee Lake Road, Fox Lake. Several years ago the agency lost its original building to flooding and was forced to work out of portable buildings. The agency’s new facility is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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