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Wildlife

Amphibians and Reptiles of the Grand Calumet River Basin, Kenneth Mierzwa, Spencer Cortwright, David A. Beamer, Department of Biology, Indiana University Northwest, 2000  (7.43 MB)

Aquatic Invasive Species Education Handbook, Mandy Beall, National Sea Grant, University of Wisconsin, Autumn 2005  (4.00 MB)

Aquatic Macroinvertebrates Of The Grand Calumet River, Richard L. Whitman, 1999   (154 KB)

Assessment Of Injury To Fish And Wildlife Resources In The Grand Calumet River And Indiana Harbor Area Of Concern, MacDonald, Ingersoll, Smorong, Lindskoog, Sparks, Smith, Simon, Hanace,

January 2002  (461 KB)

Atlas Of The Spawning and Nursery Areas Of Great Lakes Fishes: Lake Michigan, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1982  (4.16 MB)

Biology, Ecology, And Management Of Deer In The Chicago Metropolitan Area, James H. Witham, Jon M. Jones, Illinois Dept. of Conservation, Division of Wildlife Resources, February 1992  (2.56 MB)

Butterfly Handbook: General Advice Note On Mitigating The Impacts Of Roads On Butterfly Populations, Adrian Spalding, Spalding Associates (Environmental) Ltd, English Nature, Highways Agency,

2005  (1.78 MB)

Consequences Of Prairie Wetland Drainage For Crustacean Biodiver-sity And Metapopulations, Jenkins, Grissom, and Miller, 2001   (835 KB)

Database of Illinois Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Phase II, Everett Cashatt, George Godfrey, Illinois Natural History Survey, Center for Biodiversity, September 1990  (2.60 MB)

Effect of Forest Structure on Amphibian Abundance and Diversity in the Chicago Region, Victoria A. Nuzzo, Kenneth S. Mierzwa, Citizens for Conservation, USEPA, March 2000 (83 KB)

Endangered By Sprawl: How Runaway Development Threatens America’s Wildlife, National Wildlife Federation, Smart Growth America, and NatureServe, ISBN 0-9711053-3-2, 2005  (1.48 MB)

Endangered Species Consultation Handbook: Procedures For Conducting Consultation and Conference Activities Under Section

Seven Of The Endangered Species Act, USFWS, March 1998  (5.49 MB)

Fish Community Objectives For Lake Michigan, R. L Eshenroder, M. E. Holey, T. K. Gorenflo, and R. D. Clark, Jr., Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Special Publication 95-3, 1995  (1.70 MB)

Fish Survey of the Chicago Waterway System During 1991, MWRD, Report Number 92-17, July 1992  (5.49 MB)

Hidden In Plain Sight: The Role of Plants in State Wildlife Action Plans, Stein, B.A., Gravuer, K, NatureServe, March 2008  (1.37 MB)  

Illinois Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Plan and Strategy, Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), July 2005  (7.69 MB)

Indiana Comprehensive Wildlife Strategy, Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), October 2005  (6.39 MB)

Karner Blue Butterfly Recovery Plan (Lycaeides melissa samuelis), 
United States Fish & Wildlife Service, September 2003  (1.65 MB)

Lakewide Assessment Plan For Lake Michigan Fish Communities,

P. Schneeberger, M. Toneys, R. Elliott, J. Jonas, D. Clapp, R. Hess,

D. Passino-Reader, 1998  (2.13 MB)

Landowner's Guide To Woodland Wildlife Management, University

of Wisconsin - Madison, 2005  (1.01 MB)

Managing Michigan’s Wildlife: A Landowner’s Guide, Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDMR), September 1999  (9.21 MB)

National Fish Habitat Action Plan, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, April 2006  (2.23 MB)

Revised Checklist Of The Vertebrates Of Indiana, Thomas P. Simon,
John O. Whitaker, Jr., John S. Castrale, Sherman A. Minton,

Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, 2002  (6.53 MB)

Risky Fishing : Power Plant Mercury Pollution and Illinois Sport Fish, Max Muller, Illinois PIRG Education Fund, April 2006  (1.96 MB)

Slimes, Scales and Muddpuppy Tails, Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR)   (2.34 MB)

Spider Species Of The Great Lakes States, Petra Sierwald, Michael L. Draney, Thomas Prentice, Frank Pascoe, Nina Sandlin, Elizabeth M . Lehman, Vicki Medland, James Louderman, 2005  (24.39 MB)

Study Of The Benthic Macroinvertebrate Community In Selected Chicago Metropolitan Area Waterways During 2003/2004, MWRD,

EA Project 61755.01, June 2006  (10.39 MB)

Urban Coyote Ecology and Management: The Cook County Illinois Coyote Project, Stanley D. Gehrt, Ohio State Univ., 2007  (2.99 MB)

Wings, Stings, & Leggy Things: Insects of Illinois, Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR)   (1.50 MB)

Zebra Mussel Study on Lake Michigan, July 1, 1991 through June 30, 1992, J. Ellen Marsden, Center for Aquatic Ecology, Illinois Natural History Survey, September 1992  (846 KB)

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