Eric Freyfogle Presents "Beginning with Rivers" at Illinois Wesleyan University on June 15

Noted environmental law professor, Eric Freyfogle, will present "Beginning with Rivers" on Thursday, June 15 at 7 p.m. at Illinois Wesleyan University.  This free talk will explore the past, present, and future of our rivers.  Just as settlements in Illinois began along our rivers, so too can renewed conservation efforts.  The talk will be held in Room C101 of the Center for Natural Science Building on 201 E. Beecher St. in Bloomington. 

Sponsors are Prairie Rivers Network, as statewide river conservation organization headquartered in Champaign, and The Friends of Kickapoo Creek of McLean County.  Both organizations work with local communities to protect our watersheds through advocacy, education, and monitoring.

Freyfogle is the Max L. Rowe Professor of Law at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.  A native of central Illinois, he has long been active in local, state, and national conservation efforts.  He is a member of the Illinois Environmental Council and the Prairie Group of Sierra Club, and currently serves on the Board of the Prairie Rivers Network.

Freyfogle is the author or editor of several books, including The Land We Share: Private Property and the Common Good (2003); The New Agrarianism (2001); Bounded People, Boundless Lands (1998); and Justice and the Earth (1993) and a recently published book Why Conservation is Failing and How It Can Regain Ground (Yale University Press). Professor Freyfogle has lectured widely, including recent appearances in England, Brazil, and Korea.

He received his J.D. degree summa cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School, and was Managing Editor of the Michigan Law Review. He served as an assistant to the Army general counsel in Washington, D.C., and practiced law in Indianapolis before joining the faculty.  His teaching and scholarly work focus on issues of property ownership, natural resources law, and environmental policy.

The IWU map can be found at http://www2.iwu.edu/aboutiwu/campus/index.shtml Parking is available in lots across the street to the north, two blocks to the east, and along the street. 

For more information on the sponsors, go to www.prairierivers.org and www.kickapoocreek.org