In June 2018, the Upper Salt Fork Drainage District clear-cut nearly a mile of riverbank on the Salt Fork River, removing all vegetation and trees (including the stumps) within about 20 feet of the river. This stretch of the river flows past the Heather Hills neighborhood north of St Joseph Illinois, and the deforested riverbank sits on private landowners’ property. The land, which had been lush with trees, brush, and wildlife, is now mud and felled logs, completely devoid of any vegetation. None of the residents of the Heather Hills neighborhood were notified that their land would be clear cut this way. This is their story.

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