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Biodiversity Recovery Plan, Chicago Wilderness (1999)

Part I - (Pages 1-75) (522 KB)

Biodiversity Recovery Plan, Chicago Wilderness (1999)

Part II - (Pages 76-143) (809 KB)

Biodiversity Recovery Plan, Chicago Wilderness (1999)

Part III - (Pages 144-196) (356 KB)

Communicating Biodiversity Workbook, Chicago Wilderness,

February 2006 (730 KB)

Ecologically Rich Areas In Northwestern Indiana, USEPA Critical Ecosystems Team, June 1999 (293 KB)

Illinois Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Plan and Strategy,

Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), July 2005  (7.69 MB)

Illinois Threatened and Endangered Species List, Illinois

Department of Natural Resources, 2001 (178 KB)

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)

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)

The State Of Our Chicago Wilderness: A Rpeort Card On The Ecological Health Of The Region, Chicago Wilderness, 2006 (730 KB)

Birds

Bird Houses For Songbirds, Alabama Cooperative Extension System,
Alabama A&M and Auburn Universities, March 2000   (929 KB)

Birds of the Indiana Dunes: A Seasonal Checklist   (77 KB)

Birds of the Windy City: Discover 300 Species In Chicago  (1.46 MB)

Building Nest Structures, Feeders, and Photo Blinds for North Dakota Wildlife, ND State Game and Fish Department, June 2000  (645 KB)

Chicago Region Birding Trail Guide  (1.61 MB)

Illinois Common Birds, Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources   (1.44 MB)

Masters of the Air: Illinois Birds of Prey, Illinois Department of

Natural Resources (IDNR)   (2.04 MB)

Partners in Flight Bird Conservation Plan for The Upper Great Lakes Plain, American Bird Conservancy, November 2001  (455 KB)

Porter County Indiana Birding Guide  (1.71 MB)

The Effect Of Seagulls On Recreational Water Quality At Lake Calumet, Brie Betz, May 2005  (309 KB)

Brownfields

Brownfield Prevention Program: Model Ordinance, Resources,
and Data, Delta Institute for the South Suburban Chicago Brownfield Coalition, July 2002  (92 KB)

Brownfield Redevelopment Strategies for Gary Indiana, Great Lakes Environmental Finance Center Technical Advisory Committee, Cleveland State University, July 1999  (275 KB)

Brownfields Resource Guide for Rural and Small Communities,

National Association of Development Organizations (NADO),

2004  (194 KB)

Chicago Brownfields Initiative: Recycling Our Past, Investing In Our Future, Chicago Department of Environment, Chicago Department of Planning and Development, July 2003  (3.10 MB)

Clean Air / Brownfields Report, The United States Conference of Mayors, December 2001  (380 KB)

Creating Community-Based Brownfield Redevelopment Strategies
Resource List, American Planning Association, July 2006  (126 KB)

Ecological Riverfront Design: Restoring Rivers, Connecting Communities, American Planning Association, March 2004  (2.27 MB)

Linking Brownfields Redevelopment and Greenfields Protection
for Sustainable Development, Great Lakes Commission, 2001  (1.17 MB)

Reclamation and Economic Regeneration of Brownfields, United States Economic Development Administration, 2000  (145 KB)

Recycling America’s Land: A National Report on Brownfields Redevelopment, The United States Conference of Mayors,

May 2006  (517 KB)

Smart Growth For Brownfields Development, Chicago Department of Environment,  May 2005  (874 KB)

Unlocking Brownfields: Keys To Community Revitalization, National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals,
Northeast-Midwest Institute,  2005  (1.71 MB)

What's Working On Working Rivers: A Handbook for Improving Urban Rivers - Examples From Chicago Area Rivers, Chicago Rivers Demonstration Project, 1999 (1.28 MB)

Calumet Region

A Mirror Cracked: Ten Keys to the Landscape of the Calumet Region,
Mark J. Bouman, Chicago State University, 2001 (1.04 MB)

Calumet Area Land Use Plan (839 KB)

Calumet Corridor Vision, Southeast Environmental Task Force,

April 2006  (519 KB)

Calumet Ecological Park Feasibility Study (2.28 MB)

Calumet Ecological Management Strategy - Full Report (50.4 MB)

Calumet Ecological Management Strategy - No Exhibits (2.06 MB)

Calumet Industrial Corridor Design Guidelines, City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, February 2004  (6.01 MB)

Chicago Nature and Wildlife Plan, City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development (CPOD), July 2006   (2.94 MB)

Greenways and Blueways: Northwest Indiana Regional Plan, Northwest Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NWIRPC),

December 2007  (4.63 MB)

Lake Calumet Wetlands Tour, Illinois Sierra Club  (906 KB)

Special Places in the Lake Calumet Area, Herbert W. Schroeder,

United States Forest Service, Technical Report NC-249, 2004 (380 KB)

The Calumet Region Ecology: Protecting, Preserving and Restoring the Adaptive Capacity of Natural Ecosystems  (60 KB)

Calumet River System

An Assessment of Sediment Injury in the Grand Calumet River, Indiana Harbor Canal, Indiana Harbor, and the Nearshore Areas of
Lake Michigan: Volumes 1-2-3, USFWS, February 2003  (2.89 MB)

An Estimate of Chemical Loads From Ground Water to the Grand Calumet River and Indiana Harbor Canal, Northwestern Indiana,

Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4020, USGS 2001  (2.36 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)

Assessment of Injury to Human Uses of Fishery Resources in the
Grand Calumet River and Indiana Harbor Canal, the Grand Calumet
River Lagoons, and Indiana Harbor and the Nearshore Areas of Lake Michgan: Volume 1 - Technical Report, USFWS, February 2003  (1.45 MB)

Assessment of Injury to Human Uses of Fishery Resources in the
Grand Calumet River and Indiana Harbor Canal, the Grand Calumet
River Lagoons, and Indiana Harbor and the Nearshore Areas of Lake

Michigan: Volume II - Appendices, USFWS, February 2003  (1.30 MB)

Assessment of the Hydrology and Water Quality of Indian Ridge Marsh and the Potential Effects of Wetland Rehabilitation on the Diversity of Wetland Plant Communities, USEPA, 1999  (2.69 MB)

Assessment Plan for the Natural Resource Damage Assessment of

the Grand Calumet River, Indiana Harbor Ship Canal, Indiana Harbor, and Associated Lake Michigan Environments, Weiss, Unsworth, and Ruder, Industrial Economics, Incorporated, October 1997  (158 KB)

Benthic Macroinvertabrate Community In Selected Chicago Metro-politan Arera Waterways During 2003 and 2004, MWRDGC,

June 2006  (10.6 MB)

Characterization of Fill Deposits in the Calumet Region of Northwestern Indiana and Northeastern Illinois, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96–4126, 1996 (1.5 MB)

Chemical and Toxicological Analyses of Lake Calumet Sediments, Illinois State Natural History Survey, HWRIC RR-036, 1989  (451 KB)

Chicago's Living Rivers, Chicago Rivers Demonstration Project,

1999  (451 KB)

Derivation of Baseline Bioaccumulation Factors (BAFs) from Grand Calumet River Field Measured BAFs for Benzo[a]pyrene, Great lakes Environmental Center, March 2000  (414 KB)

Economic Benefits of the Grand Calumet River Remediation Project:
Evidence from the Gary Housing Market, Daniel P. McMillen, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, Delta Institute, June 2003  (1.16 MB)

Effects of Highway Deicer Application on Ground-Water Quality in a Part of the Calumet Aquifer, NW Indiana, USGS, 2002   (1.16 MB)

Grand Calumet Feasibility Study: Project Management Plan, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chicago District,  March 2003  (4.77 MB)

Geohydrology and Groundwater Potential of Lake County, Indiana,

United States Geological Survey (USGS), 1968  (3.73 MB)

Geohydrology and Groundwater Potential of Porter and LaPorte Counties, Indiana, US Geological Survey (USGS), 1968  (2.99 MB)

Geohydrology, Water Levels and Directions of Flow, and Occurrence of Light Nonaqueous Phase Liquids on Ground Water in NW Indiana & the Lake Calumet Area of Northeastern Illinois, USGS 1996  (1.61 MB)

Groundwater Resources of Northwestern Indiana - Lake County, United States Geological Survey (USGS), 1961  (5.55 MB)

Groundwater Resources of Northwestern Indiana - LaPorte County, United States Geological Survey (USGS), 1962  (4.69 MB)

Groundwater Resources of Northwestern Indiana - Porter County, United States Geological Survey (USGS), 1961  (3.86 MB)

Hydrology and Geochemistry of a Slag-Afected Aquifer and Chemical Characteristics of Slag-Affected Ground Water, Northwestern Indiana and Northeastern Illinois, USGS 1998 (1.56 MB)

Lake Calumet and Calumet River Issue Paper (Draft), Illinois Dept.

of Natural Resources, May 2007  (77 KB)

Little Calumet and Grand Calumet River White Paper, Illinois Dept.

of Natural Resources, March 2006  (5.23 MB)

Mercury in the Grand Calumet River Indiana Harbor Canal and Lake Michigan, Lake County, Indiana, August 2001 and May 2002, Martin R. Risch, USGS 2005 (4.65 MB)

Natural Resource Damage Assessment of the Grand Calumet River and Indiana Harbor Canal & Associated Lake Michigan Environments, Industrial Economics Incorporated, October 1997  (158 KB)

Nature and the River: A Natural Resources Report of the Chicago and Calumet Waterways, Chicago Rivers Demonstration Project,

1999  (2.15 MB)

People and the River: Perception And Use Of Chicago Waterways For Recreation, Chicago Rivers Demonstration Project, 1998  (2.74 MB)

Quality of Wet Deposition in the Grand Calumet River Watershed,
Northwestern Indiana, April 29, 1997–April 28, 1998, Timothy C. Willoughby, USGS 2000 (646 KB)

Restoration Alternatives Development and Evaluation Report: Grand Calumet River/Indiana Harbor Canal, Indiana, US Fish and Wildlife
Service, December 2000  (13.65 MB)

Restoration and Compensation Determination Plan Grand Calumet River/Indiana Harbor Canal Natural Resource Damage Assessment, US Fish and Wildlife Service, June 2004 (463 KB)

Sidestream Elevated Pool Aeration (SEPA) Stations: Effects On In-Stream Dissolved Oxygen, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Illinois State Water Survey, 2001   (2.33 MB)

Status, Trends, and Potential of Biological Communities of the

Grand Calumet River Basin, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (1.18 MB)

Surface-Water and Ground-Water Hydrology and Contaminant Detections in Ground Water for a Natural Resource Damage Assessment of the IN Harbor Canal & Nearshore Lake Michigan Watersheds, U.S. Geological Survey, June 2002   (1.18 MB)

Suspended Sediment in the Indiana Harbor Canal and the Grand Calumet River, Northwestern Indiana, May 1996–June 1998, Water Resources Investigations Report 00–4102, USGS, 2000  (629 KB)

Use of Isotopes to Identify Sources of Ground Water, Estimate Ground Water Flow Rates, and Assess Aquifer Vulnerability in the Calumet Region of Northwestern Indiana and Northeastern Illinois, USGS 2002 (5.25 MB)

Volatilization Rates From Dredged Material and Soils - A Literature Review - With Application to Indiana Harbor and Canal, United States Army Corps of Engineers, February 2002  (655 KB)

Water Use in Indiana, Graphs by County and Water Management Basin, 1986–2006, Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Division of Water (IDNR), USGS, November 2007  (3.93 MB)

Watershed Diagnostic Study of the Little Calumet - Galien River Watershed, IN DNR - Division of Water Resources, 2001  (10.04 MB)

Watershed Restoration Action Strategy For The Little Calumet-Galien Watershed: Part 1 - Characterization and Responsibilities, Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM), 2002   (695 KB)

Watershed Restoration Action Strategy For The Little Calumet-Galien Watershed: Part 2 - Concerns and Recommendations, Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM), 2002   (365 KB)

Census Data

Census 2000 - Chicago Community Area Profiles, 2002  (672 KB)

2007 Report On Illinois Poverty: Chicago Area Snapshot, MidAmerica
Institute on Poverty of Heartland Alliance, 2007  (338 KB)

Illinois County Data Book, Sixth Edition, Illinois General Assembly
Legislative Research Unit, 2002  (1.22 MB)

Illinois Statistical Abstract: Cook County - 2004, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, 2004  (246 KB)

Illinois Statistical Abstract: Will County - 2004, Institute of

Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, 2004  (246 KB)

State and Metropolitan Area Data Book (1997-98), A Statistical Abstract Supplement, US Census Bureau, April 1998  (2.92 MB)

Economy

Accelerating Growth: Indiana’s Strategic Economic Development Plan, Indiana Economic Development Commission, 2006  (550 KB)

Decade of Promise: Positioning Northwest Indiana’s, Workforce for Economic Growth, Center of Workforce Innovations, 2005  (1.41 MB)

Northwest Indiana Fully Integrated Steel Industry Workforce Report,

Paul Spanopoulos, Center of Workforce Innovations, 2003  (854 KB)

Ecotourism

Environmental Implications of the Tourism Industry, Terry Davies,
Sarah Cahill, Resources for the Future, March 2000 (350 KB)

Promoting Ecotourism on Private Lands: Final Project Report, Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, 1999 (350 KB)

Recreational Fishing as Tourism, Robert B. Ditton, Stephen Holland, David K. Anderson, Februaty 2002 (272 KB)

Environmental Education

ABC's of Environmental Education, USEPA, 2006  (5.85 MB)

Biodiversity Coloring Book, The Amazing Variety of Plants and Animals in Lake County, Illinois, Lake County FPD, 2006   (2.32 MB)

Can Devotion to Nature be Nurtured?: The Effects of Childhood Experiences With Nature, Environmental Problems, & Family Values on the Development of Personal “Pro-Environmental” Attitudes and Behaviors, Ruth Klotz-Chamberlin, Univ. of Chicago, 2005  (396 KB)

Community Gardens As Catalysts For Positive Social Change,

Diane Wang, University of Chicago, May 2006  (396 KB)

Creatures of the Night Coloring Book, Illinois Department of Natural

Resources (IDNR),   (1.70 MB)

Environmental Protection Begins With You: Guide To Environmental Community Service, USEPA, EPA-530-K-06-001, July 2006  (518 KB)

Environmental Education Materials: Guidelines For Excellence

Workbook - Bridging Theory and Practice, North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE), 2000  (411 KB)

Environmental Education Resource Directory for Indiana, Environ-mental Education Association of Indiana, 2006 (95 KB)

Environmental Literacy In America, Kevin Coyle, National Environ-mental Education and Training Foundation, September 2005  (3.02 MB)

Green Teacher Magazine, Winter 2006/2007   (3.31 MB)

Happy Earth Day: Coloring and Activities Book, USEPA, 1998  (907 KB)

Illinois Trees: An Identification Guide and Activity Book, Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR),  (7.54 MB)

Understanding Calumet's Biodiversity, Calumet Environmental Education Program, Field Museum, November 2003  (137 KB)

Using Environment-Based Education to Advance Learning Skills and Character Development, North American Association for Environ-mental Education, October 2001  (434 KB)

Environmental Justice

A Citizen’s Guide to Using Federal Environmental Laws to Secure Environmental Justice, ELI Project No. 981624, 2002  (English Version) (2.14 MB)  (Spanish Version) (1.03 MB) 

Addressing Environmental Justice in Public and Multi-Sector Decision-Making, Charles Lee, Office of Environmental Justice,
US Environmental Protection Agency, 2005  (365 KB)

Analysis of the Environmental Justice Compliance of the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), P.S. Sriraj, Geoff Fruin, and Sue McNeil, Urban Transportation Center, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC),

2003  (490 KB)

Community Environmental Policing: Assessing New Strategies of Public Participation in Environmental Regulation, Dara O’Rourke,
Gregg P. Macey, 2003  (621 KB)

Environment and Morality: Confronting Environmental Racism in the United States, Robert D. Bullard, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development; Identities, Conflict and Cohesion Programme Paper Number 8, October 2004 (853 KB)

Environmental Justice: A Bibliography with Abstracts, Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program, Specialized Information Services, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, June 1997 (106 KB)

Environmental Justice: Building a Unified Vision of Health and the Environment, Charles Lee, Office of Environmental Justice, United States Environmental Protection Agency, April 2002  (501 KB)

Environmental Justice Maps @ Scorecard.org

Illinois Environmental Briefing Book (2005–2006), Illinois Environ-mental Council Education Fund (IECEF), April 2005  (7.54 MB) 

Integrated Federal Interagency Environmental Justice Action Agenda, Office of Environmental Justice, United States Environmental Protection Agency, EPA/300-R-00-008, November 2000  (658 KB)

Not Good at Partnering?: Community Fragmentation and Environ-mental Activism in Southeast Chicago, Kathleen A. Gillogly and Eve C. Pinsker, US EPA Region 5, February 2001 (6.10 MB)

Race, Class, Gender, and American Environmentalism, Dorceta E.

Taylor, US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, PNW-GTR-534, April 2002  (328 KB) 

Race, Waste, and Class: New Perspectives on Environmental Justice, Michael K. Heiman, Environmental Studies, James Center, Dickinson College, Antipode 28(2): April 1996  (50 KB)

The EPA and Environmentalism In Chicago: Recommendations for a Community Based Approach, Elizabeth Babcock, August 1997 (50 KB)

The Meaning of Resident Empowerment: Why Just About Everybody Thinks It's A Good Idea and What It Has To Do With Resident Management, William Peterman, 1996  (105 KB)

The Principles of Environmental Justice (EJ), The First People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit, October 1991 (12 KB)

Toward Environmental Justice: Research, Education, and Health Policy Needs, Executive Summary, Committee on Environmental Justice, Institute of Medicine, 1999  (327 KB)

Toxic Playground: Growing Up In Skid Row,  United Coalition East Prevention Project, November 2005 (842 KB)

Trading Human Health For Profit, Nicole L. Warren, April 2002  (83 KB)

Who Is Listening to Local Communities?: Connections Between Chicago Region Community-Based Organizations and Regional, State, and National Policy Initiatives. Nyden, Benefield, and Hellwig, Center for Urban Research and Learning, Loyola University Chicago, December 2005  (218 KB)

Environmental Law

Cook County Environmental Control Ordinance, 2006  (480 KB)

Geology

Environmental Geology of Lake and Porter Counties, Indiana: An Aid To Planning, Indian Department of Natural Resources, 1975  (5.12 MB)

Geologic Atlas of Cook County for Planning Purposes, Illinois DNR, Illinois State Geologcial Survey, July 2004  (8.90 MB)

Great Lakes

Atmospheric Deposition Of Toxics To The Great Lakes: Integrating Science and Policy, Delta Institute, 2000  (549 KB)

A Blueprint For The Future: Toward A Great Lakes Restoration Strategy, Great Lakes Commission, February 2005  (1.69 MB)

Great Lakes Commission Annual Report: 1998 (1.66 MB)

Great Lakes Commission Annual Report: 1999 (1.86 MB)

Great Lakes Commission Annual Report: 2000 (4.29 MB)

Great Lakes Commission Annual Report: 2001 (7.12 MB)

Great Lakes Commission Annual Report: 2002 (5.79 MB)

Great Lakes Commission Annual Report: 2003 (919 KB)

Great Lakes Commission Annual Report: 2004 (540 KB)

Great Lakes Commission Annual Report: 2005 (1.42 MB)

Great Lakes Commission Annual Report: 2006 (1.72 MB)

Great Lakes Strategy 2002: A PLAN FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM,

U.S. Policy Committee for the Great Lakes, 2002  (159 KB)

Great Lakes Training Program Reference Manual, Delta Institute, June 2006  (7.09 MB)

Impacts Of Changing Land Use: State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference 1996, Thorp, Rivers, & Pebbles, October 1997 (1.80 MB)

Impact Of Chicago On Lake Michigan: Results Of The Lake Michigan Mass Balance Study, Keri Hornbuckle and Mark Green, Delta Institue

October 2000  (1.03 MB)

Lake Michigan Intensive Survey 1976-1977 Management Report,

USEPA, EPA905/4-80-003-B, 1998 (952 KB)

Lake Michigan Lakewide Management Plan (LaMP) Highlights 2002, Lake Michigan Technical Committee, 2002  (17.23 MB)

Living with The Lakes: Understanding And Adapting To Great Lakes Water Level Cahanges, US Army corps of Engineers, 1999  (17.24 MB)

The Land By The Lakes: Nearshore Terrestrial Ecosystems: State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference 1996, Reid & Holland, 1997 (4.43 MB)

Our Great Lakes: USEPA, 2004 (3.09 MB)

State of the Great Lakes 1995 (Final Report), 1995   (289 KB)

State of the Great Lakes 1997 (Final Report), 1997   (1.72 MB)

State of the Great Lakes 1999 (Final Report), 1999   (2.62 MB)

State of the Great Lakes 2001 (Final Report), 2001   (4.19 MB)

State of the Great Lakes 2003 (Final Report), August 2003   (11.19 MB)

State of the Great Lakes 2005 (Draft Report), October 2004 (95.97 MB)

State of the Great Lakes 2005 (Final Report), February 2007 (53.04 MB)

State of the Great Lakes 2007 (Draft Report), June 2007  (28.41 MB)

They Need It - We Waste It, Chicago Reader, January 2006  (1.42 MB)

Transport And Deposition Of Dioxin To Lake Michigan: A Case Study, Mark Cohen, NOAA, Delta Institue, October 2000  (1.15 MB)

Zooplankton Community Composition In The Nearshore Waters Of Southern Lake Michigan, USEPA, July 1982  (1.60 MB)

Government

Illinois Handbook of Government 2007-2008, Illinois Secretary of State, 2007  (2.77 MB)

Hazardous Wastes

Accelerated Aging of Stablized Hazardous Wastes, Robert Fuessle and Max Taylor, Bradley University, (RR-E82), July 1999  (11.5 MB)

Calumet Area Hazardous Substance Database: A User's Guide With Documentation, Teb B. Samsel and Craig E. Colten, Illinois State Museum, (RR-E47), February 1992  (2.79 MB)

Calumet Eco-Industrial Network Survey Project: Partnership Opportunities for Reusing Materials, Water, and Energy, SDCOM,  WMRC Reports, RR-102, April 2003  (2.44 MB)

Clearing the Air: Tools for Reducing Residential Garbage Burning,  Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance, 2005  (6.12 MB)

Ecological Assessment of Hazardous Waste Sites: A Field and Laboratory Reference, USEPA, EPA/540/R-92/003, 1991  (1.22 MB)

Generators and Managers of Hazardous Waste in Illinois: Types and Tons of Wastes Generated, Stored, Treated and Disposed - 2003, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) Bureau of Land
Waste Reduction and Compliance Section, December 2004  (473 KB)

Great Lakes Sediments: Contamination, Toxicity and Beneficial

Reuse, Michigan Sea Grant, School for Natural Resources and the Environment (SNRE), September 2002  (2.54 MB)

Guide To Mercury Reduction In Industrial and Commercial Settings,

The Delta Institute, Lake Michigan Forum, July 2001 (1.22 MB)

Household Hazardous Waste Collection Results: State Fiscal Years
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, Illinois EPA, February 2003  (746 KB)

Industrial Wastes In The Calumet Area, 1869-1970: A Historical Geography, Craig E. Colten, Illinois State Museum, (RR-E01), September 1995  (6.35 MB)

Landfill Capacity In Illinois - IEPA Annual Report, 1996  (3.56 MB)

Landfill Capacity In Illinois - IEPA Annual Report, 1997  (1.10 MB)

Landfill Capacity In Illinois - IEPA Annual Report, 1998  (2.41 MB)

Landfill Capacity In Illinois - IEPA Annual Report, 1999  (3.18 MB)

Landfill Capacity In Illinois - IEPA Annual Report, 2000  (2.64 MB)

Landfill Capacity In Illinois - IEPA Annual Report, 2001  (2.86 MB)

Landfill Capacity In Illinois - IEPA Annual Report, 2002  (4.36 MB)

Landfill Capacity In Illinois - IEPA Annual Report, 2003  (4.47 MB)

Landfill Capacity In Illinois - IEPA Annual Report, 2004  (3.18 MB)

Landfill Capacity In Illinois - IEPA Annual Report, 2005  (4.29 MB)

Leaking Underground Storage Tank Annual Report, 1998  (177 KB)

Leaking Underground Storage Tank Annual Report, 1999  (177 KB)

Leaking Underground Storage Tank Annual Report, 2000  (177 KB)

Leaking Underground Storage Tank Annual Report, 2001  (177 KB)

Leaking Underground Storage Tank Annual Report, 2002  (177 KB)

Leaking Underground Storage Tank Annual Report, 2003  (177 KB)

Sewage and Waste Control Ordinance (2006), Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, January 2007   (177 KB)

Source Apportionment of Sediment PAHs in Lake Calumet, Chicago:
Application of Factor Analysis With Nonnegative Constraints; Bzdusek, Christensen, Li, and Zou, 2004  (207 KB)

Solid Waste Incineration In The Chicago Metropolitan Area: The Battle Over The Illinois Retail Rate Law, Mark Sendzik and Wim Wiewel, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), July 1996  (143 KB)

The Activity of PCBs In Sediments and Water From Lake Calumet and Waukegan Harbor, HWRIC RR-039, June 1992  (2.54 MB)

Waste to Resource: Beneficial Use of Great Lakes Dredged Material,

Great Lakes Commission, August 2001  (3.02 MB)

Hegewisch Marsh Environmental Center

Hegewisch Marsh Site Plan (Final Version), Chicago Department of Environment, Cook County, August,2006 (14.1 MB)

Hegewisch Marsh Delineation: Map and Summary Table, Chicago Department of Environment, Cook County, August 2006  (15 MB)

History

Canal Mania in Indiana, The Indiana Historian, June 1997  (694 KB)

Early Peoples of Indiana, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology, 2003  (2.40 MB)

Illinois Shipwrecks: The Past, the Present, and the Future, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Program, October 1992   (694 KB)

The History of the Marktown Historic District, East Chicago, Indiana, Marktown Preservation Society, 2004  (492 KB)

Human Health

Air Of Injustice: African Americans and Power Plant Pollution, The Black Leadership Forum, Clear The Air, October 2002  (420 KB)

Air Of Injustice: How Air Pollution Affects the Health of Hispanics and Latinos, League of United Latin American Citizens, 2004 (517 KB)

Building Healthy Environments To Eliminate Health Disparities Symposium, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Minority Health (OMH),  May 2003  (1.14 MB)

Cabinet Confidential: Toxic Products In The Home, The National Environmental Trust, Washington, D.C., July 2004  (599 KB)

Calumet Container: Health Consultation, ATSDR, April 2004  (1.08 MB)

Cancer Incidence in Populations Living Near Chicago O’Hare and Midway Airports, Illinois 1987-1997, Illinois Department of Public Health, November 2001  (139 KB)

CAUTION: Lead Paint - Handle With Care, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), 1999 (2.19 MB)

Children At Risk: How Air Pollution From Power Plants Threatens The Health of America’s Children, Clean Air Task Force, 2002 (645 KB)

Contaminants In Fish and Seafood: A Guide to Safe Consumption, Illinois-Indian Sea Grant, May 2005  (1.25 MB)

Cook County West Nile Virus Prevention and Response Plan, Cook County Department of Public Health, June 2005  (335 KB)

Death, Disease & Dirty Power: Mortality and Health Damage Due to
Air Pollution from Power Plants, Clean Air Task Force, 2000  (928 KB)

Effects of Great Lakes Basin Contaminants on Human Health, USEPA and Environment Canada, August 1995 (1.63 MB)

Environmental Indicators: Better Coordination Is Needed To Develop Environmental Indicator Sets That Inform Decisions, United States Government Accountability Ofice (GAO), November 2004, (1.95 MB)

Estimation and Evaluation of Cancer Risks Attributed to Air Pollution in Southeast Chicago, John Summerhays, USEPA, 1989  (8.90 MB)

Estimation and Evaluation of Cancer Risks Attributed to Air Pollution in Southwest Chicago, ViGYAN Inc. USEPA, April 1993  (18.11 MB)

Explaining Race and Ethnic Disparities in Birthweight in Chicago Neighborhoods, Narayan Sastry and Jon M. Hussey, 2002  (355 KB)

Help Yourself To A Healthy Home - Protecting Your Children's Health, Healthy Homes Partnerships, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), 2002  (2.19 MB)

HIDDEN DANGER: Environmental Health Threats in the Latino Community, Natural Resources Defense Council, 2004  (791 KB)

Impact of Biodiesel Fuels on Air Quality and Human Health, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), May 2003  (693 KB)

Leaking Underground Storage Tanks: A Threat to Public Health and Environment, Sierra Club, June 2005  (652 KB)

Particulate Air Pollution in Chicago: Human Mortality, Pollution Sources and the Case for Tougher Clean Air Standards, Wiles,

Savitz, and Cohen, Environmental Working Group, 1997 (526 KB)

Plagued By Pollution: Unsafe Levels of Soot Pollution in 2004,

US PIRG Education Fund, January 2006  (1.37 MB)

Polluting Our Future: Chemical Pollution In The U.S. That Affects
Child Development and Learning, National Environmental Trust,

September 2000  (160 KB)

Premcor Refinery: Health Consultation, ATSDR, May 2006  (256 KB)

Protect Your Family From Lead In Your Home, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), 2003, English (693 KB)

Proteja a Su Familia en Contra del Plomo en Su Casa, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), 2001, Spanish (651 KB)

Protecting Public Health: Caring for Chicago’s Waters - An Agenda for Action, The Alliance for the Great Lakes, July 2007  (7.58 MB)

Stop Blowing Smoke In The Heartland: Protecting Human Health From Smokestack Pollution, Environmental Defense, 2004  (713 KB)

Third National Report On Human Exposure To Environmental Chemicals, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005 (3.09 MB)

Toxic Pollution and Health: An Analysis of Toxic Chemicals Released in Communities Across the United States, US PIRG Education Fund,
March 2007  (1.64 MB)

Women of Color Health Data Book, Third Edition, National Institutes of Health, 2006  (9.40 MB)

Hydrology

An Assessment of the Hydrology and Water Quality of Indian Ridge Marsh and the Potential Effects of Wetland Rehabilitation on the Diversity of Wetland Plant Communities, USEPA, 1999  (2.41 MB)

Calumet Area Hydrologic Master Plan (HMP), Chicago Department of Environment, Cook County, August 2006

Volume I    :  Executive Summary (6 MB)

Volume II   :  Watershed Atlas & State-Discharge Rating Curves  (45 MB)

Volume III  :  IDOT Pump Station NO. 27 and Outlet Channel To Lake

                             Calumet (Pullman Creek/Doty Ditch) (8 MB)

Volume IV  :  Control Structure Assessment and Improvement

                             Recommendations   (2.6 MB)

Volume V   :  Water Level Monitoring, Groundwater Seeps and Water

                             Quality Monitoring Report  (16.5 MB)

Volume VI    :  Survey Control and Mapping  (90 MB)

Volume VII   :  Hegewesich Marsh Hydrologic Analysis  (3.8 MB)

Volume VIII  :  Van Vlissingen Prairie Hydrologic Analysis  (3.3 MB)

Decisions At The Water's Edge: Sustaining Riparian Landscapes in
the Midwest, Lynne Westphal and Michael Ostry, 2006  (2.41 MB)

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

An Ethnobotany of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore: A Baseline Study Emphasizing Plant Relationships of The Miami and Potawatomi Peoples, Rebecca S. Toupal, University of Arizona, 2006  (1.98 MB)

Coastal Change-Potential Assessment of Sleeping Bear Dunes, Indiana Dunes, and Apostle Islands National Lakeshores to Lake-Level Changes, US Geological Survey, 2005  (2.99 MB)

Developing Rare and Exotic Plant Geographic Information System Databases for Indiana Dunes and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, USGS, September 2005  (3.46 MB)

Distribution and Characterization of E Coli Within the Dunes Creek Watershed Indiana Dunes State Park, USGS, 2002  (3.21 MB)

Footprints Across The Dunes, The Indiana Historian, Indiana Historical Bureau, December 1994  (1.50 MB)

Indiana Dunes Fire Management Plan (Draft), NPS, 2004  (883 KB)

Indiana Dunes Fire Management Plan (Appendices), 2004  (1.22 MB)

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Business Plan, NPS, 2000  (542 KB)

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Strategic Plan, NPS, 2000  (941 KB)

Industrial Heritage Preservation

Invasive Species

Action Plan to Address Aquatic Invasive Species in the Great Lakes,

Great Lakes Regional Collaboration, October 2005 (2.45 MB)

Aquatic Invasive Species Interbasin Exchange, US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), February 2002  (424 KB)

Asian Carps of the Genus Hypophthalmichthys (Pisces, Cyprinidae):
Biological Synopsis and Environmental Risk Assessment, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, April 2005 (4.18 MB)

Ballast Water Management to Combat Invasive Species, CRS Report to Congress, Eugene H. Buck, Updated June 20, 2007  (111 KB)

Chicago vs. The Asian Longhorned Beetle: A Portrait of Success, Judy Antipin and Thomas Dilley, USDA, December 2004  (1.81 MB)

Daphnia Lumholtzi: The Next Great Lakes Exotic?, James A. Stoeckel and Patrice M. Charlebois, 1999  (104 KB)

Great Lakes Nonindigenous Invasive Species: Briefing Paper, Great Lakes Commission, Katherine Glassner-Shwayder, July 2000 (2.15 MB)

Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States, US Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, September 1993  (5.99 MB)

Illinois Threatened & Endangered Species List (2001), IDNR  (179 KB)

Introduction and Spread of the Zebra Mussel In North America,

New York Sea Grant, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources  (200 KB)

Round Goby Distribution in the Illinois Waterway System of Metropolitan Chicago, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1996 (1.16 MB)

Ruffe Control Program, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Ruffe Control Committee, Thomas R. Busiahn, November 1996  (751 KB)

Natural Areas

Vanishing Lake Michigan Sand Dunes: Threats from Mining,

Lake Michigan Federation, 2000  (805 KB)

Plants & 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 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 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)

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)

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)

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)

Pollution

Airborne Fine Particulate Matter (PM10) in Southeast Chicago, Illinois State Water Survey Atmospheric Sciences Division, 1991  (563 KB)

Cleaning Up Air Pollution From America’s Power Plants: The Facts, National Environmental Trust, Washington, D.C., 2002  (2.18 MB)

Comparison of Measured Concentrations, TRI Emissions, and Modeled Cumulative Outdoor Concentrations of Hazardous Air Pollutants in Southeast Chicago (Draft), USEPA, 2002   (13.6 MB)

Danger In The Air: Unhealthy Levels of Air Pollution in 2003,

Environment Colorado, September 2004 (440 KB)

Darkening Skies: Trends Toward Increasing Power Plant Emissions,

U.S. PIRG Education Fund, Clear The Air, March 2002  (1.06 MB)

Fishing for Trouble: How Toxic Mercury Contaminates Fish in U.S. Waterways, Environment Colorado Research & Policy Center,

October 2004  (1.38 MB)

Illinois Annual Air Quality Report 1997, ILEPA, 1998  (627 KB)

Illinois Annual Air Quality Report 1998, ILEPA, 1999  (508 KB)

Illinois Annual Air Quality Report 1999, ILEPA, 2000  (876 KB)

Illinois Annual Air Quality Report 2000, ILEPA, 2001  (663 KB)

Illinois Annual Air Quality Report 2001, ILEPA, 2002  (800 KB)

Illinois Annual Air Quality Report 2002, ILEPA, 2003  (895 KB)

Illinois Annual Air Quality Report 2003, ILEPA, 2004  (1.19 MB)

Illinois Annual Air Quality Report 2004, ILEPA, 2005  (1.19 MB)

Illinois Annual Air Quality Report 2005, ILEPA, 2006  (1.32 MB)

lllinois Annual Air Quality Report 2006, ILEPA, 2007  (1.90 MB)

Illinois' Dirty Power Plants Fact Sheet, Clean The Air  (682 KB)

Lethal Loophole: How the ‘Clear Skies’ Bill Allows Oil Refineries and Chemical Plants to Emit More Toxic Air Pollutants, Environment Colorado, March 2005   (150 KB)

Lethal Legacy: A Comprehensive Look At America’s Dirtiest Power Plants, Brandon Wu, US PIRG Education Fund, 2003 (372 KB)

Mercury in Precipitation in Indiana: January 2001 – December 2003, Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5063, USGS, 2007 (6.62 MB)

Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act, USEPA, April 2007  (1.09 MB)

Pollution On The Rise: Local Trends in Power Plant Pollution, Clear the Air, U.S. PIRG Education Fund, January 2005  (818 KB)

Power To Protect: The Critical Role States Play In Cleaning Up
Pollution From Mobile Sources, US PIRG Education Fund, May 2005

(1.06 MB)

Pure Air On The Lake: Advanced Flue Gas Desulfurization Prjoect - Bailly Generating Station, NIPSCO, January 1991  (7.35 MB)

Reducing Toxic Air Pollution in Lake Michigan, Delta Institute,

Lake Michigan Forum, May 2001 (1.44 MB)

Relationships of Indoor, Outdoor, and Personal Air (RIOPA): Part II, Analyses of Concentrations of Particulate Matter Species, The Health Effects Institute, Number 130 Part II, August 2007  (3.17 MB)

Speaking Of Clean Air..., Chicago Reader, December 2005  (682 KB)

Toxic Power: What the Toxics Release Inventory Tells Us About Power Plant Pollution, National Environmental Trust for Clear the Air, August 2000  (1.06 MB)

Population Geography

The State of Latino Chicago: This Is Home Now, Timothy Ready and Allert Brown-Gort, Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame, 2005  (5.86 MB)

Recycling

Collecting Used Oil For Recycling/Reuse, USEPA, 1994  (218 KB)

Electronic Reuse and Recycling, USEPA, October 2000 (1.49 MB)

It’s Easy Being Green!: A Guide To Planning And Conducting Environmentally Aware Meetings And Events, United States EPA,

September 1996, English (265 KB), Espanol/Spanish (317 KB)

Markets and Politics in Urban Recycling: A Tale of Two Cities,

Schnaiberg, Weinberg, Pellow, May 2001 (92 KB)

Mercury in Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs), USEPA  (17 KB)

Puzzled About Recycling’s Value?: Look Beyond the Bin, USEPA, EPA530-K-97-008, January 1998  (318 KB)

Turning Blue Into Green: How Chicago’s Failed Blue Bag Program
Could Be Replaced With A True Recycling Program Without

Breaking The Bank, Chicago Recycling Coalition, April 2006  (178 KB)

Solid Waste

Composting Yard Trimmings and Municipal Solid Waste, USEPA, EPA530-R-94-003, May 1994  (6.52 MB)

Municipal Solid Waste In The United States (2005): Facts And Figures, USEPA, EPA530-R-06-011, October 2006  (2.51 MB)

Toxic Chemicals

Fishing for Trouble: How Toxic Mercury Contaminates Our Waterways and Threatens Recreational Fishing, Zachary Corrigan,
US PIRG Education Fund, June 2003  (815 KB)

Illinois Toxic Chemical Releases Report 1996, ILEPA  (1.08 MB)

Illinois Toxic Chemical Releases Report 1997, ILEPA  (1.08 MB)

Illinois Toxic Chemical Releases Report 1998, ILEPA  (1.17 MB)

Illinois Toxic Chemical Releases Report 1999, ILEPA  (1.20 MB)

Illinois Toxic Chemical Releases Report 2000, ILEPA  (3.34 MB)

Illinois Toxic Chemical Releases Report 2001, ILEPA  (5.05 MB)

Illinois Toxic Chemical Releases Report 2002, ILEPA  (234 KB)

Illinois Toxic Chemical Releases Report 2003, ILEPA  (360 KB)

Illinois Toxic Chemical Releases Report 2004, ILEPA  (661 KB)

In Gross Violation: How Polluters Are Flooding America's Waterways

With Toxic Chemicals, US PIRG Education Fund, 2002  (362 KB)

Lowdown on PCBs, Leslie Dorworth, IL/IN Sea Grant,  2005  (398 KB)

Made In The USA: Power Plants & Mercury Pollution Across the Country, Environment Colorado Research & Policy Ctr, 2005  (713 KB)

The Dangerous Dozen: A Look at How 12 Chemical Companies
Jeopardize Millions of Americans, Environment Colorado Research and Policy Center, June 2004  (75KB)

Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)

Pollution Locator: Toxic Release Inventory Maps @ Scorecard.org

ToxFAQs™: Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets @ ATSDR

TRI Explorer: Toxic Release Inventory Maps @ www.epa.gov

TRI List of Lists: Consolidated List of Chemicals Subject to the
Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA) and Section 112(r) of the Clean Air ActUnited States Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 550-B-01-003, October 2001 (805 KB)

TRI List of Toxic Chemicals, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), EPA 260-B-01-001, March 2001 (248 KB)

Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) List of OSHA Carcinogens, Technical Update, February 2005 (66 KB)

What is the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)?

Toxic Site Cleanup

Barge Transport of Illinois River Sediment from Peoria to Chicago,

John C. Marlin, Illinois Waste Management and Research Center,

TR-037, April 2003  (2.08 MB)

Calumet Container: Health Consultation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, ATSDR, 2004 (1.04 MB)

Indiana Harbor and Canal (IHC) Dredging and Disposal Alternatives Analysis: Evaluation of Relative Disposal Requirements, Emissions and Costs for Mechanical and Hydraulic Dredging Alternatives:

Final Feasibility Report, USACE Chicago District, 2003 (1.35 MB)

Indiana Harbor and Canal (IHC) Dredging and Disposal Alternatives Analysis: Mechanical Dredging Comparative Analysis, USACE Chicago District, October 2004 (1.35 MB)

Lake Calumet Cluster Site - Fact Sheet, Chicago DOE (61 KB)

Lake Calumet Cluster Site - Focused Feasibility Study Report,

Illinois EPA, ID# 0316555084, June 2006 (1.23 MB)

Lake Calumet Cluster Site - Proposed Cleanup Plan, Illinois

Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA), June 2006 (223 KB)

Lake Calumet Cluster Site - Remedial Options Report, Illinois

Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA), September 2002 (344 MB)

Lake Calumet Cluster Site - Using Innovative Techniques at Chicago’s Cluster Sites, Illinois EPA, 2007 (7.31 MB)

Phytoremediation Along the Indiana Harbor Canal, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2005 (2.81 MB)

Sherwin Williams - 30% Remedial Measures Implementation Design Report , Weston Solutions Inc., March 2006 (386 KB), Tables (386 KB)

Wisconsin Steel Works: Northeast Parcel Phase I/II Environmental Site Assessment and Remedial Action Plan / Remedial Design  Remedial Action Work Plan, Arcadis Geraghty & Miller, Navistar International Transportation Corporation, February 2007 (16.2 MB)

Wisconsin Steel Works: Steel Production Area Remedial Action Plan/ Remedial Design/Remedial Action Work Plan, Arcadis Geraghty & Miller, Navistar International Transportation Corp.April 2006 (3.06 MB)

Transportation

CATS 2030 Regional Transportation Plan For Northeastern Illinois, Chicago Area Transportation Study (CATS), 2003 (3.12 MB)

Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency (CREATE) Program Final Feasibility Plan, City of Chicago Department of Environment (CDOE), August 2005 (5.66 MB)

Dan Ryan Expressway (I-94/90) Reconstruction Environmental Assessment, 2003  (1.44 MB)    Errata Supplement, 2004  (1.06 MB)

Project Location Maps, 2003 (1.13 MB)

Urban Planning

A New Northwest Indiana: A Cleaner Economy and Environment, Allison Hannont, University of Chicago, May 2005  (415 KB)

A Shared Future: The Economic Engagement of Greater Chicago

and Its Mexican Community , Douglas Doetsch, Clare Muñana,
and Alejandro Silva, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, 2006  (2.33 MB)

A Shared Future - Spanish Summary   (678 KB)

Atlas of Illinois Poverty, Illinois Poverty Summit, Spring 2003  (2.23 MB)

Calumet Area Land Use Plan (839 KB)

Changing Course: Recommendations For Balancing Regional Growth and Water Issues In NE Illinois, Openlands Project, 2004  (1.71 MB)

Chicago Metropolis 2020: Preparing Metropolitan Chicago for the 21st Century, Elmer W. Johnson, The Commercial Club of Chicago, January 1999  (451 KB)

Chicago’s Public Works Program - Is It Working For Everyone?:
Capital Investment In Our Neighborhoods (1990-2002), Chris Schwartz,The Neighborhood Capital Budget Group, 1999 (1.72 MB)

Greening Cook County, Mike Quigley, Cook County Commissioner
April 2005  (599 KB) 

Improving The Quality of Life In South Chicago: The New Communities Initiative, SDCOM, Summer 2000 (1.72 MB) 

Neighborhood Open Space Management: A Report on Greening Strategies in Baltimore and Six Other Cities, The Parks & People Foundation, Spring 2000 (231 KB) 

No Place Like Home: The State of Hispanic Housing in Chicago,

Los Angeles, and New York City (2003), Eileen Diaz McConnell, University of Illinois, June 2005, (897 KB)

Quality Of Life Indicators: Northwest Indiana (Draft), Northwest Indiana Quality of Life Council, June 2003 (2.93 MB) 

Regenerating Community: The Recovery of a Space for Citizens, John L. McKnight, Northwestern University, May 2003  (56 KB) 

Sensible Tools Handbook for Indiana: A Guidance For Public Officials, Professionals and Citizens Interested In Applying Sensible Growth, Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission,

July 2007  (4.91 MB) 

Staying in the Game: Exploring Options for Urban Sustainability,

Urban Sustainability Learning Group, The Tides Center,1996 (402 KB) 

Talk The Talk; A GuideTo the Language of Transportation Planning, Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NWIRPC),

2003  (70 KB) 

The EPA and Environmentalism in Chicago: Recommendations for a Community Based Approach, Elizabeth C. Babcock, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region V, August 1997 (46.8 KB) 

The Metropolis Housing Index: Housing As Opprtunity, Chicago

Metropolis 2020, July 2004 2003 (5.08 MB) 

The Metropolis Plan: Choices For The Chicago Region, Chicago

Metropolis 2020, February 2003 (6.48 MB) 

The Multicultural Metropolis: Neighborhood Diversity & Segregation

Patterns in the City of Chicago, 1990-2000, Sandoval, 2006 (1.16 MB) 

Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Expanding the St. Lawrence Seaway: An Economic, Environmental, and Policy Analysis, Sarita Hermant Muley, University of Chicago, May 2005  (552 KB)

Water Quality

An Assessment of Groundwater Contamination in Illinois, Illinois Water Survey, HWRIC, RR-023 , 1988 (2.22 MB)

Annotated Bibliography of Urban Wet Weather Flow Literature from 1996 Through 2006, Clark/Pitt/Burian/Field/Fan/Heaney/Wright,

September 2007  (4.47 MB)

Aquatic Nuisance Species Handbook for Government Officials, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, July 1999  (3.83 MB)

Assessment of the Hydrology and Water Quality of Indian Ridge Marsh and the Potential Effects of Wetland Rehabilitation on the Diversity of Wetland Plant Communities, USEPA, 1999  (2.69 MB)

A 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)

Backed Up: Cleaning Up Combined Sewer Systems in the Great Lakes, Environmental Integrity Project, May 2005  (1.23 MB)

Biological Water Quality Within The Calumet Water System During 1988, MWRD, Report Number 99-7, March 1999  (5.48 MB)

Biological Water Quality Within The Calumet Water System During 1989, MWRD, Report Number 99-8, March 1999  (2.37 MB)

Calumet TARP System Groundwater Monitoring Annual Report for 2005, MWRD, Report Number 06-42, August 2006  (2.66 MB)

Chemical and Biological Survey of the Waters of Illinois:1915,

Edward Bartow, University of Illinois Urbana, December 1915  (3.74 MB)

Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring In Chicago Area Wadeable Streams During 2005, MWRD, Report # 06-42, Nov. 2006  (406 KB)

Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring In Chicago Area Wadeable Streams During 2006, MWRD, Report # 07-28, May 2007  (610 KB)

Decisions At The Water’s Edge: Sustaining Riparian Landscapes In
The Midwest, Lynne M. Westphal & Michael E. Ostry, 2006  (2.41 MB)

Dishonorable Discharge: Toxic Pollution of Illinois Waters, Environmental Working Group, 1995  (496 KB)

Economics of Water Pollution: A Brief Bibliographical Survey,

Anuradha Kafle, SANDEE No. 9-05, September 2006  (496 KB)

Environmental Setting of the Upper Illinois River Basin & Implications for Water Quality, USGS, WRI Report 98–4268, 1999 (4.11 MB)

Evaluation of Reaeration Efficiencies of Sidestream Elevated Pool Aeration (SEPA) Stations, MWRDGC, October 1999 (5.15 MB)

Geochemistry of Extremely Alkaline (pH>12) Ground Water in Slag-Fill Aquifers, George S. Roadcap,  Walton R. Kelly, and Craig M. Bethke, GROUND WATER, November/December 2005 (577 KB)

Ground-Water Quality in the Calumet Region of Northwestern Indiana and Northeastern Illinois, United States Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 95-4244, 1996 (545 KB)

Ground Water Supplies of the Chicago-Joliet-Chicago Heights Area,

Illinois State Water Survey, 1943 (6.50 MB)

Guidance for Developing Watershed Implementation Plans in Illinois,

Illinois EPA, 1998 (556 KB)

Guidance Manual to Support the Assessment of Contaminated Sediments in Freshwater Ecosystems: Volume I - An Ecosystem-Based Framework for Assessing and Managing Contaminated Sediments, USEPA, EPA-905-B02-001-A, December 2002 (997 KB)

Guidance Manual to Support the Assessment of Contaminated Sediments in Freshwater Ecosystems: Volume II - Design and Implementation of Sediment Quality Investigations, USEPA,

EPA-905-B02-001-B, December 2002 (1.36 MB)

Guidance Manual to Support the Assessment of Contaminated Sediments in Freshwater Ecosystems: Volume III - Interpretation of the Results of Sediment Quality Investigationsions, USEPA,

EPA-905-B02-001-C, December 2002 (1.69 MB)

Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect Our Waters (DRAFT), USEPA, October 2005  (6.72 MB)

Hydrologic Evaluation and Stream Restoration Recommendations
For Indian Creek, USDA Forest Service, February 2001  (577 KB)

Hydrology And Geochemistry Of A Slag Affected Acquifer and
Chemical Characteristics of Slag-Affected Ground Water, North-western Indiana and Northeastern Illinois, USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4198, 1998 (1.56 MB)

Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination: A Guidance Manual for
Program Development and Technical Assessments, Center for Watershed Protection & Univ. of Alabama, October 2004 (9.92 MB)

Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination: Technical Appendices,

October 2004   (2.84 MB)

Illinois Water Quality Report 2002, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Water, 2002  (8.28 MB)

Illinois Water Quality Report 2004, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Water, 2004 (13.5 MB)

National Conference on Urban Storm Water: Enhancing Programs
at the Local Level - Proceedings, USEPA, February 2003 (22.19 MB)

Nutrients and Suspended Solids in Surface Waters of the Upper Illinois River Basin in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, 1978–1997, USGS, WRI Report 99–4275, 2000 (2.59 MB)

Rooftops to Rivers: Green Strategies for Controlling Stormwater
and Combined Sewer Overflows, NRDC, 2006  (3.11 MB)

Sewage and Waste Control Ordinance (2005), Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRDGC), 2005  (174 KB)

Sidestream Elevated Pool Aeration (SEPA) Stations: Effects on In-Stream Dissolved Oxygen, Illinois Department of Natural Recources, Illinois Water Survey, 2000   (2.38 MB)

Swimming In Sewage: The Growing Problem of Sewage Pollution and How the Bush Administration Is Putting Our Health and Environment at Risk, Natural Resources Defense Council Environmental Integrity Project, February 2004  (768 KB)

Temporal Changes in Shallow Groundwater Quality in Northeastern Illinois, Illinois Water Survey, 2002 (561 KB)

The State of Lake Michigan In 2000: Prepared for the Lake Michigan Committee, The Great Lakes Fishery Commission, ISSN 1090-1051, March 2005  (1.17 MB)

Troubled Waters: Meeting Future Water Need In Illinois, Openlands Project, January 2006 (860 KB)

Use Attainability Analysis (UAA) of the Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS), Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA), November 2004 (7.31 MB)

Water-Level Trends and Pumpage in the Deep Bedrock Aquifers
in the Chicago Region, 1991-1995, Adrian P. Visocky, Illinois State Water Survey, 1997 (565 KB)

Water Resource Availability In The Lake Michigan Region, Indiana, Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), 1994 (2.5 MB)

Watershed Management Plan for Lake, Porter, & LaPorte Counties, Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission, 2005 (2.5 MB)

What's Working On Working Rivers: A Handbook For Improving
Urban Rivers: Examples From Chicago Area Rivers, CHICAGO Rivers Demonstration Project, March 1999  (363 KB)

Wetlands

America's Wetlands: Our Vital Link Between Land and Water, US EPA, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, 2003  (741 KB)

An Introduction and User’s Guide to Wetland Restoration,Creation, and Enhancement, US EPA Interagency Workgroup on Wetland Restoration, 2003 (647 KB)

Brownfield Redevelopment and Ecological Restoration At Indian

Ridge Marsh, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago Department

of Environment (150 KB)

Contamination of Wetland Sediments Indiana Dunes National Lake- shore: Implications for Wetland Restoration Strategies, Catherine J. Souch, Indiana University Indianapolis, August 2000  (34 KB)

Trends of Change in Composition and Structure of Chicago Region Wetland Vegetation, Marlin Bowles and Michael Jones, Chicago Wilderness Journal, November 2006  (503 KB)

Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual, US Army Corps

of Engineers, 1987 (1.43 MB)

Hydrogeomorphic Classification for Wetlands, Mark M. Brinson,

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, August 1993 (5.62 MB)

Indicators for Monitoring Biological Integrity of Inland Freshwater Wetlands: A Survey of North American Technical Literature

(1990-2000), USEPA Office of Water, Fall 2001  (830 KB)

Isolated: Illinois Wetlands At Risk - The Impact of Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County vs. US Army Corps of Engineers, Illinois Sierra Club, 2001 (1.52 MB)

Living With Wetlands: A Handbook for Homeowners in Northeastern Illinois, The Wetlands Initiative, December 2002  (34.42 MB)

National Management Measures to Protect and Restore Wetlands and Riparian Areas for the Abatement of Nonpoint Source Pollution, USEPA Office of Water, EPA-841-B-05-003, July 2005 (7.48 MB)

Natural Wetlands and Urban Stormwater: Potential Impacts and Management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1993 (206 KB)

Wildlife

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)

Consequences of Prairie Wetland Drainage for Crustacean Biodiver-sity and Metapopulations, Jenkins, Grissom, and Miller, 2001 (835 KB)

Endangered Species Consultation Handbook: Procedures for Conducting Consultation and Conference Activities Under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act, USFWS, March 1998  (5.49 MB)

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

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

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

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

Slimes, Scales 'n Muddpuppy Tails, Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR)   (2.34 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)

Updated April 8, 2008