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Plants and Trees
Backyard Conservation: Bringing Conservation From the Country-side to Your Backyard, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, February 1998 (1.89 MB)
Chicago's Urban Forest Ecosystem: Results of the Chicago Urban Forest Climate Project, USDA Forest Service Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, Report NE-186, 1994 (6.33 MB)
Designing Hardwood Tree Plantings for Wildlife, USDA Forest Service North Central Research Station, September 2003 (258 KB)
Effects of Fire On Threatened and Endangered Plants: An Annoteted Bibliography, US Department of the Interior, December 1998 (2.96 MB)
Energy-Saving Potential of Trees in Chicago, E. Gregory McPherson, Research Forester, USDA Forest Service, 1994 (1.7 MB)
Fire As a Tool For Controlling Nonnative Invasive Plants, Peter Rice, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, 2005 (337 KB)
Fire Monitoring Handbook, National Park Service, U.S. Department
of the Interior, 2003 (3.64 MB)
Forest Preserve and Conservation Districts in Northeastern Illinois: Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century, Openlands, 2006 (1.7 MB)
Forest Preserve District of Cook County: Study & Recommendations - Phase One, Friends of the Forest Preserves, Friends of the Parks,
March 2002 (1.7 MB)
Forest Preserve District of Cook County: Study & Recommendations - Phase Two, Friends of the Forest Preserves, Friends of the Parks,
October 2002 (488 KB)
Growing Power?: Social Benefits From Urban Greening Projects, Lynne M. Westphal, 1999 (717 KB)
Illinois Direct Seeding Handbook: A Reforestation Guide , Association of Illinois Soil and Water Conservation Districts (AISWCD)
Forestry Committee, May 2003 (1.93 MB)
Illinois Trees: An Identification Guide and Activity Book, Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) (7.54 MB)
Lakeside Daisy Recovery Plan, Forest Preserve District of Will County, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1990 (8.17 MB)
Landowner's Guide To Woodland Wildlife Management, University
of Wisconsin - Madison, 2005 (1.01 MB)
Landscape Plants for Wildlife, University of Nebraska, 2005 (704 KB)
Landscaping With Native Plants, Wild Ones, 2004 (303 KB)
Native Plant Guide for Streams and Stormwater Facilities in NE IL, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, 2004 (2.62 MB)
Phytoremediation Along the Indiana Harbor Canal, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), 2005 (2.81 MB)
Power Planting: A Guide To Help You Choose The Right Tree In The Right Place, University of Wisconsin Extension, (885 KB)
Rain Gardens: A How-To Manual For Homeowners, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, 2003 (3.06 MB)
Restoring Soil Health
To Urbanized Lands: The Crucial Link Between Waste Prevention, Land Use,
Construction, Stormwater Management and Salmon
Habitat Restoration, David Kunz and Dennis Juuries, Oregon
Department of Environ-mental Quality, July 2001 (1.42 MB)
Sourcebook On Natural Landscaping For Local Officials, Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission (NIPC), 2004 (1.45 MB)
Temporal Instability in Chicago’s Upland Old Growth Forest, Chicago Wilderness Journal, July 2005 (340 KB)
Urban Watershed Forestry Manual Part 1: Methods for Increasing Forest Cover in a Watershed, US Department of Agriculture Forest Service, NA-TP-04-05, July 2005 (3.43 MB)
Urban Watershed Forestry Manual Part 2: Conserving and Planting
Trees at Development Sites, US Department of Agriculture Forest Service, June 2005 (33.3 MB)
Weed Control Methods Handbook: Tools & Techniques for Use in Natural Areas, The Nature Conservancy, April 2001 (1.22 MB)
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