FAA approves Rockford Airport to build road through Bell Bowl Prairie
Bell Bowl Prairie
FAA approves Rockford Airport to build road through Bell Bowl Prairie
Bell Bowl Prairie

The Rockford International Airport’s plan to expand was approved in 2018, but the discovery of an endangered species on the prairie halted the process. The FAA recently ruled that the building plan does not violate the Endangered Species Act.

Reset hears from an environmental activist about how we got here and how this will impact some of the last prairieland in Illinois.

GUEST: Robbie Telfer, Save Bell Bowl Prairie campaign manager

FAA approves Rockford Airport to build road through Bell Bowl Prairie
Bell Bowl Prairie
FAA approves Rockford Airport to build road through Bell Bowl Prairie
Bell Bowl Prairie

The Rockford International Airport’s plan to expand was approved in 2018, but the discovery of an endangered species on the prairie halted the process. The FAA recently ruled that the building plan does not violate the Endangered Species Act.

Reset hears from an environmental activist about how we got here and how this will impact some of the last prairieland in Illinois.

GUEST: Robbie Telfer, Save Bell Bowl Prairie campaign manager