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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
CST Editorial Board

8 top Illinois conservationists are leaving their jobs. Others, including voters, must step up for the environment.

Former Cook County Forest Preserves General Supt. Arnold Randall, seen in 2012, is one of eight Illinois conservation leaders stepping down from their jobs. Others must step up for the environment. (Richard A. Chapman/Sun-Times)

At a time when the Biden administration has set a lofty goal of vastly increasing the amount of land and water set aside for conservation, many of Chicago’s leading conservationists have left or will soon leave their posts.

As the new year starts, it is a time for everyone who values conservation to step up and ensure Illinois makes progress on protecting land and water.

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