525 ILCS 5/3

The Department may take special actions as necessary, consistent with the purposes of this Act, including but not limited to:

(1) employment of cave resources management personnel;

(2) appointment of volunteer cave management and administrative personnel;

(3) providing cave owners with technical assistance and management advice;

(4) entering into volunteer management agreements with individual persons, members and associations of the caving community;

(5) initiating a comprehensive inventory of cave resources;

(6) adopt rules in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to further the purposes of this Act;

(7) issuance of grants from appropriated funds.