By Lee Provost
lprovost@daily-journal.com
KANKAKEE — There, of course, was a Kankakee River long before Ed Mullady began talking, writing and advocating for it.
However, the man and the river go so hand-in-hand it is hard to picture one without the other.
Mullady, perhaps the greatest champion of the Kankakee River — this region’s greatest natural resource — died Sunday. He was 94.
He was affectionately called the “Godfather of the Kankakee River.” He was also inducted into the Illinois Outdoors Hall of Fame ...
By Lee Provost
lprovost@daily-journal.com
KANKAKEE — There, of course, was a Kankakee River long before Ed Mullady began talking, writing and advocating for it.
However, the man and the river go so hand-in-hand it is hard to picture one without the other.
Mullady, perhaps the greatest champion of the Kankakee River — this region’s greatest natural resource — died Sunday. He was 94.
He was affectionately called the “Godfather of the Kankakee River.” He was also inducted into the Illinois Outdoors Hall of Fame ...
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