State spends $73 million to protect Illinois’ only undeveloped Lake Michigan shoreline

A $73 million state-funded project aims to stabilize the last stretch of undeveloped Lake Michigan shoreline in Illinois and help protect native endangered species. To mitigate erosion of up to 100 feet per year, the project seeks to build 22 breakwater structures along 2.2 miles of shoreline in Lake County, Illinois.  Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune.

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