Refer to this
growing list of web links to help you manage natural resources
LANDOWNERS
GUIDES:
Lake County Stormwater Management Committee Riparian Area
Management A Citizen’s Guide
LANDOWNER’S GUIDE TO MANAGING
STREAMS IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES (Virginia
Cooperative Extension Publication)
Kishwaukee River Landowners Assistance Guide, McHenry County
Defenders
HABTAT
RESTORATION GUIDES:
Habitat Management Guidelines for
Amphibians and Reptiles of the Midwest
Chicago Wilderness and Its Biodiversity
Recovery Plan
Chicago Wilderness, An Atlas of Biodiversity,
Nesting Requirements Guide of Ohio Grassland Birds
Habitat Establishment, Enhancement and Management for Forest and
Grassland Birds in Illinois
WATERSHED
PROTECTION:
Welcome to your Watershed
Your Watershed is…Kishwaukee
Center for Watershed Protection —The Tools of Watershed ProtectionChapter
Conservation
Technology Information Center
Northern Illinois
Planning Commission Publications
Lake County Stormwater Management Commission Publications
Il Urban Manual
Non Point
Education for Municipal Officials—UCONN Site
CONSERVATION
DESIGN:
Conservation design resource manual—Language
and Guidelines for Updating Local Ordinances (NIPC)
Blackberry Creek Alternative Futures Analysis
Champaign for Sensible Growth Resources
THE MODEL STREAM CORRIDOR PROTECTION ORDINANCE AND
BASIS AND BACKGROUND A Project of the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed
Association
How to build and install a Rain barrel, Center for
Watershed Protection Site
INVASIVE
SPECIES:
The Invasive Species
Initiative, The Nature Conservancy
Vegetation Management Guideline, Illinois Natural History Survey
Managing
Invasive in Natural Areas, Parks and Small Woodlands, Virginia Natural
Heritage Program
Best Practices for Control of Invasive Plant Species, WI Bureau
of Hwy Operations
Missouri Vegetation Management Manual—Missouri Department of
Conservation
Invasive
Plants of Ohio, Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Wisconsin DNR, Invasive Species Website
Invasive Plants , USDA—NRCS, Plants Database
Invasivespecies.gov, For Illinois
Wisconsin Manual of Control Recommendations for Ecologically
Invasive Plants
GRANTS:
GRANT GUIDE
FROM THE SUGAR PECATONNICA ECOSYSTEM PARTNERSHIP
Habitat
Restoration Program
