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groups or to visit their websites and home pages:

Environmental Groups/Organizations Active in the Calumet Region
Additional Environmental Groups/Organizations
Economic Development Organizations
Environmental Education Resources
Environmental Topics
Government Agencies
Online Environmental Databases
Nature Preserves and Wildlife Areas
Points of Interest in the Calumet Region

Environmental Groups/Organizations Active in the Calumet Region:
 

• Calumet Ecological Park Association (CEPA) 

• Center For Neighborhood Technology (CNT) 

 
• Chicago Audubon Society 

 
• Chicago Ornithological Society 

 
• Chicago Legal Clinic (CLC)

 
• Chicago Wilderness 

• Citizens For a Better Environment (CBE) 

• Environmental Careers Organization (ECO) 

• Friends of the Chicago River 

• Friends of the Parks
• Grand Calumet Task Force 

• Greenpeace 

• Hoosier Environmental Council (HEC) 

 
• Illinois/Indiana Sea Grant 

 
• Indiana Recycling Coaltion 

 
• Lake Calumet Study Committee

 
• Lake Michigan Federation 

 
• Neighborhood Assistance Center (NAC)

 
• Openlands Project 

 
• Palos Restoration Project
• People Against Hazardous Landfills (PAHLS)
• People For Community Recovery (PCR)

 
• Policy Research Action Group (PRAG) 

 
• The Nature Conservancy 

 
• The Resource Center
• The Safer Pest Control Project

 
• Save The Dunes Council 

 
• South County Residents Opposing Dumps (SCROD) 

 
• The Sierra Club 

• The Southeast Environmental Taskforce
• United Neighborhood Organization of Southeast Chicago (UNO)

 
• University of Chicago Environmental Center 

 

• American Rivers 

 
• Clean Water Action 

 
• Common Cause

 
• Concern Inc. 

 
• Defenders of Wildlife 

 
• Environmental Concern Inc. 

 
• Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (E-LAW) 

 
• Environmental Law & Polciy Center of the Midwest 

 
• Environmental Research Foundation

 
• Friends of the Earth

 
• Good Neighbor Project for Sustainable Industries 

 
• Great Lakes Commission 

 
• Illinois Native Plant Society

 
• Institute for Local Self-Reliance 

 
• International Council For Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) 

 
• League of Conservation Voters 

 
• Michigan Lake and Stream Association, Inc. 

 
• National Oil Refinery Action Network 

 
• National Wildlife Federation 

 
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• Nature of Illinois Foundation

 
• Network Against Corporate Secrecy 

 
• Rachel Carson Council Inc.

 
• Rainforest Action Network 

 
• Renew America

 
• Resources for The Future 

 
• Trust for Public Land 

 
• Worldwatch Institute
• Zero Population Growth

 

Economic Development Organizations:

• Calumet Area Industrial Commission (CAIC)
• East Side Chamber of Commerce
• Hegewisch Chamber of Commerce
• IN Clean Maunfacturing Technology & Safe Materials Institute (CMTI) 

 
• Indiana Port Commission

 
• NIPSCO (Northern Indiana Public Service Company) 

 
• Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission (NIPC) 

 
• Northwest Indiana Center for Data and Analysis 

 
• Northwestern Indiana PlanningCommission (NWIPC)
• South Chicago Chamber of Commerce
• Southeast Chicago Development Commission (SDCOM) 

 

• Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum 

 
• Calumet Regional Archives 

 
• Center for Environmental Research and Conservation 

 
• Center For Great Lakes Environmental Education 

 
• Chicago Academy of Sciences 

 
• Chicago Botanic Garden 

 
• Chicago Census Maps

 
• Chicago Historical Society 

 
• Chicago Public Library 

 
• Chicago Public Library - Nature Connections 

 
• Chicago State University (CSU) 

 
• Chicago Wilderness 

 
• East Side Historical Society
• East Side Public Library

 
• Ecology Law Quarterly 

 
• Field Museum of Natural History 

 
• Global Learning and Observastions to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) 

 
• Great Lakes Environmental Education Center 

 
• Great Lakes Natural Resource Center 

 
• Hammond Environmental Education Center 

 
• Hammond Public Library 

 
• Illinois Labor History Society
• Illinois Natural History Survey

 
• Illinois State Academy of Science 

 
• Illinois State Museum 

 
• Indiana University Northwest (IUNW) 

 
• Lake County (Indiana) Public Library 

 
• Morton Arboretum 

 
• Museum of Science and Industry 

 
• National Geographic Society 

 
• Newberry Library 

 
• Pullman Historical Foundation 

 
• Purdue University Calumet
• Rachel's Environment & Health Weekly

 
• John G. Shedd Aquarium 

 
• South Chicago Public Library 

 
• University of Chicago
• University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)

Environmental Topics: Visit CERC to learn more about the subjects below.

• Abandoned Properties
• Air Pollution
• Asian Longhorn Beetles
• Biodiversity
• Brownfields
• Chemical Fact Sheets
• Cleanup and Remediation of Polluted Sites
• Community Activism/Involvement
• Contaminated Fish
• Economic Development
• Endangered and Threathened Species
• Endangered, Threatened, and Rare Plants of Indiana 
• Environmental Education and Curricula
• Environmental Justice
• Environmental Law
• Environmental Racism
• EPCRA (Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act)
• Exotic Species
• Flora and Fauna
• Fly Dumping
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• Great Lakes Ecosystem
• Groundwater Contamination
• Habitat Preservation and Restoration
• Hazardous Wastes
• Health Studies
• History of the Calumet Region
• Incinerators
• Industry Profiles
• Lake Calumet Ecosytem Partnership
• Landfills
• Lead Poisoning
• Motor Oil
• Newsclippings
• Occupational Health and Safety
• Organic Gardening and Lawn Care
• Pest Control (Non-toxic)
• Plastics
• Pollution Prevention
• Prairies and Savannahs
• Prairie Restoration
• Radon
• Recycling
• Solid Waste Management
• Superfund (RCRA)
• Sustainable Development
• Third Airport
• Toxic Tours

 
• Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) 

 
• Underground Storage Tanks
• United States Steel South Works Cleanup
• Water Pollution
• Wetlands
• Wildflowers of Indiana 

 
• Wisconsin Steel Works Cleanup 

Government Agencies:

• Agency For Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) 

 
• Centers For Disease Control and Prevention 

 
• Chicago Department of Environment 

 
• Chicago Department of Public Health 

 
• Chicago Mosaic Homepage 

 
• Department of Commerce & Community Affairs (DCCA)
• Dept. of Commerce & Community Affairs (DCCA) - Small Business Environmental Assistance Program
• Forest Preserve District of Cook County- Nature Bulletins
• Governor Frank O'Bannon - (Indiana)

 
• Governor George Ryan - (Illinois)

 
• Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO) 

 
• Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 

 
• Illinois Department of Agriculture 

 
• Illinois Department of Natural Resources 

 
• Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) 

 
• Illinois Nature Preserve Commission 

 
• Illinois Natural Resources Coordinating Council 

 
• Illinois Natural Resources Information Network 

 
• Illinois Pollution Control Board 

 
• Illinois State Geological Survey 

 
• Illinois State Water Survey 

 
• Illinois Waste Management and Research Center 

 
• Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) 

 
• Indiana Department of Health 

 
• Indiana Department of Natural Resources 

 
• Indiana Geological Survey 

 
• Indiana Port Commission 

 
• Lake County (Indiana) Solid Waste Management District 

 
• National Park Service (ParkNet) 

 
• Northwest Indiana Water Company 

 
• Porter County (Indiana)
• Porter County (Indiana) Wildlife Management
• Porter County (Indiana) Solid Waste Management District

 
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

 
• U.S. Census Bureau 

 
• U.S. Congress 

 
• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services 

 
• U.S. Department of the Interior 

 
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) 

 
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

 
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - National Wetlands Inventory

 
• U.S. Geological Service (USGS) 

 
• White House 

• Conservation 2000 

 
• Critical Trends Assessment Program (CTAP) 

 
• Illinois EcoWatch Network 

• Chicagoland Environmental Network (CEN) 

 
• Clearinghouse on Environmental Advocacy and Research (CLEAR) 

 
• EcoNet 

 
• Envirofacts Warehouse 

 
• Envirolink Network 

 
• Environmental Education Network (EE-Link) 

 
• Environmental Professional's Homepage

 
• Environmental Organization Web Directory 

 
• Environmental Working Group 

 
• Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN) 

 
• Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) 

 
• Great Lakes Research Consortium (GLRC) 

 
• RTK (Right To Know) Network 

 
• WWW Virtual Library: Environment 

Nature Preserves and Wildlife Areas: Visit CERC to obtain information and maps about these and other public lands located in the Calumet Region

 Illinois:

• Beaubien Woods
• Big Marsh
• Brownell Woods
• Burnham Woods
• Calumet Park
• Calumet River
• Calumet Woods
• Chicago Park District
• Clayhole Woods
• Dan Ryan Woods
• Egger's Grove
• Glenwood Woods
• Green Lake Woods
• Ile De La Cache
• Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor 

 
• Jurgensen Woods
• Lake Calumet Ecosystem Partnership

 
• Lake Calumet Wetlands 

 
• Lansing Woods
• Kickapoo Woods
• Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie (Joliet Arsenal) 

 
• North Park Village Nature Center 
• O'Brien Lock and Dam
• North Creek Meadow
• Powderhorn Lakeand Prairie
• Railroad Prairie
• Sand Ridge Nature Center and Prairie
• Shabonna Woods
• Sweet Woods
• Thorn Creek Bicycle Trail
• Van Vlisengen Prairie
• Wampum Lake Woods
• Wentworth Woods
• Whistler Woods
• William Powers Conservation Area/Wolf Lake

• Barker Woods
• Biesecker Prairie
• Clark & Pine Nature Preserve

 
• Cressmoor Prairie Nature Preserve 

 
• Deep River Canoe Trail 

 
• Dunes Nature Preserve 

 
• Fish Creek Fen Nature Preserve
• German Methodist Cemetary Prairie

 
• Gibson Woods Nature Preserve 

 
• Grand Calumet River

 
• Hammond Environmental Education Center 

 
• Hammond Lakefront Park 

 
• Hoosier Prairie Nature Preserve 

 
• Lake George
• Little Calumet River
• Liverpool Nature Preserve

 
• Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore 

 
• Indiana Dunes State Park
• Ivanhoe and East Gibson Woods Area
• Moraine Nature Preserve
• Rockwell Tract Area
• Roxana Marsh Area
• Springfield Fen Nature Preserve

Points of Interest in the Calumet Region:

• Beverly/Morgan Park Historic Neighborhood
• Calumet Harbor
• East Side Historical Society

 
• Gary, Indiana 

 
• Hammond, Indiana 

 
• Hammond City History 

 
• Hammond Marina & Empress Casino
• Indiana Harbor
• Iroquois Landing
• Pullman Historic District 

 
• Pullman Porter Museum Galley 

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Created: December 16, 1996
Updated: January 24, 2005
                 Michael F. Siola