One-year tax increase will fund Salt Fork study

URBANA – Environmentalists praised a Champaign County judge's decision to allow a one-year tax increase to fund a study of the Upper Salt Fork that would enable farmers, residents and ecology experts to work together to perform maintenance on the stream's path.

The Upper Salt Fork Drainage District is getting a one-year tax increase to fund a study by Midwest Streams Inc., the district's consultants, of the river's flow.

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