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.