1 00:00:13,233 --> 00:00:18,866 >>> AN FAA RULING COULD HAVE A 2 00:00:14,033 --> 00:00:19,600 PROFOUND IMPACT ON AN 3 00:00:15,466 --> 00:00:20,733 ENDANGERED BUMBLEBEE. PRAIRIE 4 00:00:18,866 --> 00:00:22,366 NEAR ROCKFORD OVER THE LAST 5 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:23,366 YEAR AND A HALF, OUR REPORTER 6 00:00:20,733 --> 00:00:24,566 JOINED US WITH AN UP DATE. 7 00:00:22,366 --> 00:00:25,000 YOU'VE BEEN COVERING THIS OVER 8 00:00:23,366 --> 00:00:26,433 THE LAST YEAR WHAT IS THE 9 00:00:24,566 --> 00:00:30,666 LATEST? 10 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:32,600 >> TO CATCH PEOPLE UP QUICKLY, 11 00:00:26,433 --> 00:00:35,666 THE PRAIRIE IS WITHIN THE 12 00:00:30,666 --> 00:00:41,100 CAPITAL PROPERTY OF THE GREATER 13 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:42,100 AREA AND THEY WANT TO BUILD AN 14 00:00:35,666 --> 00:00:43,366 EXPANSION OF THEIR OPERATION , 15 00:00:41,100 --> 00:00:44,566 THE ROAD PLANS TO GO THROUGH 16 00:00:42,100 --> 00:00:46,433 THE PRAIRIE AND THE FAA HAD 17 00:00:43,366 --> 00:00:48,666 THEM GO BACK TO REVISIT THESE 18 00:00:44,566 --> 00:00:49,666 PLANS BASED ON THE DISCOVERY OF 19 00:00:46,433 --> 00:00:53,266 THE ENDANGERED BUMBLEBEE 20 00:00:48,666 --> 00:00:54,400 PROPERTY. THEY WENT BACK TO 21 00:00:49,666 --> 00:00:55,766 REEVALUATE THEIR PLAN AND ARE 22 00:00:53,266 --> 00:01:04,633 GOING WITH AN ALTERNATE PLAN 23 00:00:54,400 --> 00:01:06,000 FOR WHERE THE ROADWAY GOES NOW 24 00:00:55,766 --> 00:01:07,266 . THE FAA GAVE THEM THE OKAY 25 00:01:04,633 --> 00:01:07,666 TO GO AHEAD WITH THE ALTERNATE. 26 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,633 THEY WOULD TAKE OUT SOME OF THE 27 00:01:07,266 --> 00:01:09,933 PRAIRIE. 28 00:01:07,666 --> 00:01:11,166 >> CLEARLY THEY ARE CONCERNED 29 00:01:08,633 --> 00:01:11,500 ABOUT ALL FLYING OBJECTS LIKE 30 00:01:09,933 --> 00:01:12,766 VISA WHAT WOULD THIS DO TO THE 31 00:01:11,166 --> 00:01:15,033 BEES? 32 00:01:11,500 --> 00:01:16,700 >> THIS WOULD KNOCK OUT A FAIR 33 00:01:12,766 --> 00:01:18,700 AMOUNT OF HABITAT WHERE THEY 34 00:01:15,033 --> 00:01:19,833 WOULD NEST SO THEY CAN'T DO ANY 35 00:01:16,700 --> 00:01:23,366 OPERATION WITHIN THE PRAIRIE 36 00:01:18,700 --> 00:01:25,266 OR CONSTRUCTION AFTER MARCH 15 37 00:01:19,833 --> 00:01:26,600 WHICH IS WHY THERE'S A RUSH ON 38 00:01:23,366 --> 00:01:30,966 IF THEY ARE GOING TO START 39 00:01:25,266 --> 00:01:32,066 CLEARING THE PRAIRIE FOR THE 40 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:36,566 ROADWAY. THE SUSPICION IS THAT 41 00:01:30,966 --> 00:01:37,666 THIS COULD HAPPEN AS SOON AS 42 00:01:32,066 --> 00:01:39,466 THURSDAY WHICH IS WHY THEY'VE 43 00:01:36,566 --> 00:01:41,066 FILED A STAY. THE COURT SYSTEMS 44 00:01:37,666 --> 00:01:42,433 RALLYING ON WEDNESDAY TO TRY TO 45 00:01:39,466 --> 00:01:46,100 GET THIS STOPPED. 46 00:01:41,066 --> 00:01:47,433 >> PER THE FAA RULING IF THEY 47 00:01:42,433 --> 00:01:47,900 DON'T START TO PAY THIS BY THE 48 00:01:46,100 --> 00:01:49,966 15th THAN THEY CAN'T DO 49 00:01:47,433 --> 00:01:51,166 ANYTHING THEN? 50 00:01:47,900 --> 00:01:53,000 >> THEY COULD DIG IT UP THROUGH 51 00:01:49,966 --> 00:01:57,133 THE 15th THAN THEY WOULD HAVE 52 00:01:51,166 --> 00:01:59,300 TO WAIT UNTIL OCTOBER 15 AND BY 53 00:01:53,000 --> 00:02:00,800 THAT POINT, PEOPLE WOULD WANT 54 00:01:57,133 --> 00:02:02,200 TO SAVE THE PRAIRIE. THEY COULD 55 00:01:59,300 --> 00:02:10,233 PUT THE PRESSURE ON GOVERNOR 56 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:11,033 PRITZKER TO GET THE ROADWAY 57 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:12,866 MOVED TO AN ALTERNATE THAT 58 00:02:10,233 --> 00:02:13,700 GOES AROUND THE PRAIRIE. 59 00:02:11,033 --> 00:02:14,466 >> SOME OF THE PEOPLE WE HAVE 60 00:02:12,866 --> 00:02:15,866 SEEN DEMONSTRATING HERE THERE'S 61 00:02:13,700 --> 00:02:17,133 NO CHANCE THEY COULD STOP THE 62 00:02:14,466 --> 00:02:18,066 ENTIRE PROJECT? 63 00:02:15,866 --> 00:02:19,300 >> THEY ARE WAITING TO HEAR 64 00:02:17,133 --> 00:02:20,500 FROM THE COURTS TOMORROW 65 00:02:18,066 --> 00:02:21,500 WHETHER OR NOT A STAY WOULD BE 66 00:02:19,300 --> 00:02:27,000 IN PLACE SO THERE ARE MORE 67 00:02:20,500 --> 00:02:27,233 JUDICIAL OPTIONS BUT THIS