>>> AN FAA RULING COULD HAVE A  PROFOUND IMPACT ON AN   ENDANGERED BUMBLEBEE.
PRAIRIE   NEAR ROCKFORD OVER THE LAST   YEAR AND A HALF, OUR REPORTER   JOINED US WITH AN UP  DATE.
YOU'VE BEEN COVERING THIS OVER   THE LAST YEAR WHAT IS THE   LATEST?
>> TO CATCH PEOPLE UP QUICKLY,    THE PRAIRIE IS WITHIN  THE   CAPITAL PROPERTY OF THE GREATER  AREA  AND THEY WANT TO BUILD AN  EXPANSION OF THEIR OPERATION ,   THE ROAD PLANS TO GO THROUGH   THE PRAIRIE AND THE FAA HAD   THEM GO BACK TO REVISIT THESE   PLANS BASED ON THE DISCOVERY OF  THE ENDANGERED  BUMBLEBEE   PROPERTY.
THEY WENT BACK TO   REEVALUATE THEIR PLAN  AND ARE   GOING WITH AN ALTERNATE PLAN   FOR WHERE THE ROADWAY GOES NOW  .
THE FAA GAVE THEM THE OKAY    TO GO AHEAD WITH THE ALTERNATE.
THEY WOULD TAKE OUT SOME OF THE  PRAIRIE.
>> CLEARLY THEY ARE CONCERNED   ABOUT ALL FLYING OBJECTS LIKE    VISA WHAT WOULD THIS DO TO THE   BEES?
>> THIS WOULD KNOCK OUT A FAIR   AMOUNT OF HABITAT  WHERE THEY   WOULD NEST SO THEY CAN'T DO ANY  OPERATION WITHIN THE PRAIRIE    OR CONSTRUCTION AFTER MARCH 15   WHICH IS WHY THERE'S A RUSH ON    IF THEY ARE GOING TO START   CLEARING THE PRAIRIE FOR THE  ROADWAY.
THE SUSPICION IS THAT  THIS COULD HAPPEN AS SOON AS   THURSDAY WHICH IS WHY  THEY'VE   FILED A STAY.
THE COURT SYSTEMS  RALLYING ON WEDNESDAY TO TRY TO  GET THIS  STOPPED.
>> PER THE FAA RULING IF THEY   DON'T START TO  PAY THIS BY THE  15th THAN THEY CAN'T DO   ANYTHING THEN?
>> THEY COULD DIG IT UP THROUGH  THE 15th THAN THEY WOULD HAVE   TO WAIT UNTIL OCTOBER 15 AND BY  THAT  POINT, PEOPLE WOULD WANT   TO SAVE THE PRAIRIE.
THEY COULD   PUT THE PRESSURE ON GOVERNOR   PRITZKER TO GET THE ROADWAY  MOVED  TO AN ALTERNATE THAT  GOES AROUND THE PRAIRIE.
>> SOME OF THE PEOPLE WE HAVE   SEEN DEMONSTRATING HERE THERE'S  NO CHANCE THEY COULD STOP THE  ENTIRE PROJECT?
>> THEY ARE WAITING TO HEAR  FROM THE COURTS TOMORROW   WHETHER OR NOT A STAY WOULD BE   IN PLACE SO THERE ARE MORE   JUDICIAL OPTIONS  BUT THIS