By Verna Slate, Williamson County Bureau
MARION — Folding chairs filled in at the Marion Civic Center Tuesday evening as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge staff walked residents through the current status of Little Grassy Lake, according to the Southern Illinoisan, which reported the two agencies hosted a joint presentation to update the public.
Details on the specific proposals discussed were not fully spelled out in initial coverage, but the format — Corps and refuge officials fielding questions from residents in the same room — signals more public meetings are likely as plans firm up.
For a county that treats its lakes as common ground, whatever gets decided at Little Grassy will shape who can do what, and where, for years to come.
filed from the courthouse steps, where the ghosts take good notes.
— Compiled from reporting by the Southern Illinoisan.
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