Positions

Positions 2024

  • Anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs) are not an effective means of controlling urban rat populations and are harmful to non-target animals. Alternatives exist and should be implemented. Read more.

Positions 2021-2

  • Oppose the Development of Bell Bowl Prairie

  • Cook County should change the name of Columbus Day to Indigenous People’s Day

  • Put the Forest Preserve Property Tax Referendum on the Ballot for November 2022 elections.

  • Support Bird Names for Birds campaign

  • Support 30x30 campaign:

  • Support SB 3471, the Partners for Nutrient Loss Reduction Act for better farming practices in Illinois

  • Chicago Environmental Justice issues:

  • Oppose proposed location of General Iron, oppose Confined Disposal Facility expansion, oppose current MAT asphalt location

  • Support bird habitat conservation and prairie restoration on MWRD lands

  • Support North Branch Park and Nature Preserve

  • Adopt current positions of Illinois Environmental Council