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Biodiversity
Aquatic Biodiversity Investment Areas in the Great Lakes Basin:
Identification and Validations, Koonce, Minns, and Morrison,
July 1999 (1.28 MB)
Best Practices
Handbook On Roadside Vegetation Management, University of Minnesota,
Center for Transportation Studies, September 2000 (2.53 MB)
Beyond
Islands
of Green:
A Primer for Using Conservation Science
to Select and Design Community-Based
Nature Reserves, Environment Canada,
Canadian Wildlife Service, 2005 (4.84 MB)
Biodiversity Coloring Book -
The Amazing Variety of Plants & Animals
in Lake County, Illinois, Lake County Forest Preserves, 2006 (2.32 MB)
Biodiversity Conservation Possibilities and Threat Assessment
for the Indiana Lake Michigan Coastal Management Program, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, March 2006 (2.89 MB)
Biodiversity Recovery Plan, Chicago Wilderness (1999) (1.70 MB)
Biodiversity Values of Geographically Isolated Wetlands in the United States, NatureServe, 2005 (1.85 MB)
Biodiversity Values of Geographically Isolated Wetlands in the United States - Appendices 1-8, NatureServe, 2005 (4.15 MB)
Chicago Wilderness Green Infrastructure Vision - Final Report Chicago Wilderness, March 2004 (196 KB)
Communicating Biodiversity Workbook: The Chicago Wilderness
Workbook for Volunteers , Chicago Wilderness, 2006 (730 KB)
Dynamics of the Lake Michigan Food Web
1970–2000, Charles P. Madenjian, Gary L. Fahnenstiel, et al, March 2001 (459 KB)
Ecologically Rich Areas In Northwestern Indiana, USEPA Critical Ecosystems Team, June 1999 (293 KB)
Planting The Seed: A Guide to Establishing
Aquatic Plants, Environment Canada, February 2004 (311 KB)
Planting The Seed: A Guide to Establishing Prairie and Meadow
Communities in Southern Ontario, Environment Canada,
February 2004 (1.27 MB)
Illinois
Biodiversity Basics,
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Chicago Wilderness,
World Wildlife Fund, 1999 (7.69 MB)
Illinois Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Plan and Strategy,
Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), July 2005 (7.69 MB)
Illinois River
National Wildlife and Fish
Refuges Complex:
Compre-hensive
Conservation Plan and
Environmental Assessment, United States Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), July 2004 (20.99 MB)
Illinois Threatened and Endangered Species List, Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), 2001 (178 KB)
Indiana's Biological Diversity: Strategies and Tools for Conservation, Environmental Law Institue (ELI), 1995 (11.24 MB)
Indiana Comprehensive Wildlife Strategy, Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), September 2006 (7.69 MB)
Lake Michigan Biodiversity Recovery Support Document, Lake Michigan Federation, 2000 (204 KB)
Planning For Biodiversity: Authorities in State Land Use Laws, Environmental Law Institute,
Defenders of Wildlife, 2003 (3.42 MB)
Planning For Broad-Based Environmental Protection:
A Look Back At the Chicago Wilderness
Biodiversity Recovery Plan,
Rebecca Coleen Retzlaff, September 2007 (204 KB)
Planning With Nature: Biodiversity Information In Action, Environ-mental Law Institute (ELI), 2003 (1.07 MB)
Protecting Biodiversity:
Legal Mechanisms Concerning
Access to and Compensation for
the Use of Genetic Resources in
the USA, Environmental Law Institute, 1998 (211 KB)
State Of Our Chicago Wilderness: Report Card On The Ecological Health Of The Region, Chicago Wilderness, 2006 (730 KB)
Status, Trends, and Potential of Biological Communities of the Grand Calumet River Basin, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chicago District, January 2005 (1.22 MB)
Status and Trends of Prey Fish Populations in Lake Michigan, United States Geological Survey, Great Lakes Science Center, 2005 (265 KB)
Understanding Calumet's Biodiversity, The Field Museum, Calumet Environmental Education Program, October 2003 (137 KB)
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Updated August 22, 2008
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