“This Comprehensive Plan provides the vision, goals, objectives, desired future, and recommended plan to restore the ecological integrity of the Illinois River Basin System. This plan documents the need for the scope of…a restoration program; a long-term resource monitoring program; a computerized inventory and analysis system; and a program to encourage innovative dredging technology and beneficial use of sediments. An implementation framework and criteria are also presented to guide identification, selection, study and implementation of restoration projects, monitoring and adaptive management activities, and further system investigations.” – 450 pages