Biodiversity

•  Aquatic Biodiversity Investment Areas in the Great Lakes Basin: Identification and Validations, Koonce, Minns, and Morrison, July 1999

• Aquatic Plants and Fish, Washington State Lake Protection Association (WSLPA), January 1999

• Atlas of Biodiversity, Chicago Wilderness, November 1999 Updated Version, April 2011

• Best Practices Handbook On Roadside Vegetation Management, University of Minnesota, Center for Transportation Studies, September 2000

• Beyond Islands of Green: A Primer for Using Conservation Science to Select and Design Community-Based Nature Reserves, Environment Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service, 2005

• Biodiversity, E.O. Wilson, Harvard University, Editor; National Academy of Sciences / Smithsonian Institution, 1988

• Biodiversity Coloring Book - The Amazing Variety of Plants & Animals in Lake County, Illinois, Lake County Forest Preserves, 2006

• Biodiversity Conservation Possibilities and Threat Assessment for the Indiana Lake Michigan Coastal Management Program, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, March 2006

• Biodiversity Recovery Plan, Chicago Wilderness (1999)

• Biodiversity Values of Geographically Isolated Wetlands in the United States, NatureServe, 2005

• Biodiversity Values of Geographically Isolated Wetlands in the United States - Appendices 1-8, NatureServe, 2005

• Biologically Significant Illinois Streams: An Evaluation of the Streams of Illinois Based on Aquatic Biodiversity: Part I - Text (DRAFT), Lawrence M. Page, Kevin S. Cummings, Christine A. Mayer, and Susan L. Post, Center for Biodiversity, Technical Report 1991(4), Illinois Natural History Survey, December 1991

• Biologically Significant Illinois Streams: An Evaluation of the Streams of Illinois Based on Aquatic Biodiversity: Part 2 - Atlas (DRAFT), Lawrence M. Page, Kevin S. Cummings, Christine A. Mayer, and Susan L. Post, Center for Biodiversity, Technical Report 1991(4), Illinois Natural History Survey, December 1991

• Calumet BioBlitz Species List With Sites (2002),Chicago Department of the Environment, 2010

• Chicago Nature And Wildlife Plan - 2006,Chicago Department of the Environment, 2006

• Chicago Nature Areas Directory - 2009, Chicago Department of the Environment, 2009

• Chicago Wilderness Green Infrastructure Vision- Final Report, Chicago Wilderness, March 2004

• Communicating Biodiversity Workbook: The Chicago Wilderness Workbook for Volunteers, Chicago Wilderness, 2006

• Dynamics of the Lake Michigan Food Web 1970–2000, Charles P. Madenjian, Gary L. Fahnenstiel, et al, March 2001

• Ecologically Rich Areas In Northwestern Indiana, USEPA Critical Ecosystems Team, June 1999

• Endangered By Sprawl: How Runaway Development Threatens America’s Wildlife, National Wildlife Federation, Smart Growth America, and NatureServe, ISBN 0-9711053-3-2, 2005

• Going Native: A Prairies Restoration Handbook For Minnesota Landowners, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MDNR), 2005

• Great Lakes Conservation Blueprint for Aquatic Biodiversity (Vol. 1),G.A. Wichert, K.E. Brodribb,                  B.L. Henson and C. Phair, 2005

• Illinois Biodiversity Basics, Illinois Department of Natural Resources Chicago Wilderness, World Wildlife Fund, 1999

• Illinois Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Plan and Strategy, Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), July 2005

• Illinois River National Wildlife and Fish Refuges Complex: Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment,United States Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), July 2004

• Illinois Threatened and Endangered Species List, Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), 2001

• Indiana's Biological Diversity: Strategies and Tools for Conservation, Environmental Law Institute, 1995

• Indiana Comprehensive Wildlife Strategy, Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), 2006

• Lake Michigan Biodiversity Recovery Support Document,Lake Michigan Federation, 2000

• Planning For Biodiversity: Authorities in State Land Use Laws, Environmental Law Institute, Defenders of Wildlife, 2003

• Planning For Broad-Based Environmental Protection: A Look Back At the Chicago Wilderness Biodiversity Recovery Plan, Rebecca Coleen Retzlaff, September 2007

• Planning With Nature: Biodiversity Information In Action, Environmental Law Institute (ELI), 2003

• Planting The Seed: A Guide to Establishing Aquatic Plants, Environment Canada, February 2004

• Planting The Seed: A Guide to Establishing Prairie and Meadow Communities in Southern Ontario, Environment Canada, February 2004

• Protecting Biodiversity: Legal Mechanisms Concerning Access to and Compensation for the Use of Genetic Resources in the USA, Environmental Law Institute, 1998

• Rivers Of Life: Critical Watersheds For Protecting Freshwater Biodiversity, Nature Conservancy, Natural Heritage Programs, Association for Biodiversity Information, 1998

• State Of Our Chicago Wilderness: Report Card On The Ecological Health Of The Region, Chicago Wilderness, 2006

• Status, Trends, and Potential of Biological Communities of the Grand Calumet River Basin, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chicago District, January 2005

• Status and Trends of Prey Fish Populations in Lake Michigan (2004), United States Geological Survey (USGS), Great Lakes Science Center, March 2005

• Status and Trends of Prey Fish Populations in Lake Michigan (2007), United States Geological Survey (USGS) , Great Lakes Science Center, March 2008

• Stream Restoration Inventory: Final Report, Prepared for Chicago Wilderness by the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission (NIPC), October 2002

• Understanding Calumet's Biodiversity, The Field Museum, Calumet Environmental Education Program, October 2003

• Will County Ecological Database Manual, Forest Preserve District of Will County, Illinois, January 2002

 

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