Peoria Chapter
of the Izaak Walton League of America
of the Izaak Walton League of America
At the turn of the 20th century, uncontrolled discharges of industrial waste and raw sewage, unrestricted logging, and soil erosion threatened to destroy the nation’s most productive waterways. In 1922, 54 hunters, anglers and conservationists declared that it was “time to call a halt” to this destruction. They formed a new organization to combat water pollution and protect the country’s woods and wildlife. As a reminder of their purpose, they named the organization after Izaak Walton, the 17th-century English angler-conservationist who wrote the literary classic The Compleat Angler.
The Izaak Walton League of America soon became one of the nation’s preeminent advocates for sustainable use of our country’s natural resources. Almost every major, successful conservation program of the past 100 years can be traced to a League activity or initiative. Today, our more than 42,000 members and 200 community-based chapters are building on the accomplishments of those who preceded them as defenders of the nation’s soil, air, woods, waters and wildlife.
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