2002 Sierra Club Starts River Bend Area Big Tree Champions
2000 La Vista woods was the first Forest Legacy acquisition
1998 Godfrey's First Annual Arbor Day Celebration
1998 Nature Institute Bird Sanctuary Opened
1996 Madison County starts the required Recycling Program
1995 Nature Institute Olin Nature Preserve Opened - 374 Native Plants and 150 Bird species
1992 Great Rivers Land Trust founded - protects land along Mississippi River
1990 Sierra Club convinces St. Louis District of the ACOE to place a moratorium on logging
1985 Logging at the Glades successfully halted at the confluence of the Illinois and Mississippi
Rivers
1981 Sierra Club stops logging in Pere Marquette State Park
1980 Nature Institute Founded
1977 Sierra Club planted prairie grass and construction begins at Gordon Moore
1974 Fire at Pere Marquette State Park
1973 Endangered Species Act passed
1972 Piasa Palisades Group of the Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club formed
1972 Clean Water Act passed
1970 Environmental Protection Agency established
1967 State Legislation combined Pere Marquette Park and Conservation area into one park
making it the largest State Park in Illinois with 8,000 acres. The park has seen 230 species of birds.
1965 The land known as Gordon Moore Park was designated for recreational use.
1955 Air Pollution Control Act Passes - First in series of clean air and air quality acts.
1932 State acquired Pere Marquette Park and the conservation area
1931 Robert P. Wadlow Golf Course open. The 9-hole course on 55 acres was originally known as
The Alton Municipal Golf Course. There are over 23 tree species found on the property.
1892 National Sierra Club Founded
from the new growth, down to the roots