Useful Links

Associations, Partnerships & Foundations

• Association of State Wetland Managers  
• Association of State Floodplain Managers 
• Chicago Wilderness  
• The Conservation Foundation 
• DuPage County Waste, Recycling and Green Initiatives  
• DuPage River Salt Creek Workgroup  
• Fox River Ecosystem Partnership  
• Illinois Association for Floodplain and Stormwater Management 
• Illinois Soil Classifiers Association  
• Society of Wetland Scientists  
• Upper Des Plaines River Watershed Ecosystem Partnership 

 Education

• S.C.A.R.C.E. 

• Illinois Native Plant Guide (NRCS)  
• USDA Plant Database  

Pollution Prevention 

• Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (EPA)      

Regulatory

• DuPage County Municipalities 
• Forest Preserve District of DuPage County 

• Illinois Department of Natural Resources 
• Illinois Environmental Protection Agency  
• Illinois Emergency Management Agency  
• Illinois Historic Preservation Agency 
• Illinois State Natural Resources Conservation Service
• USGS Illinois 

• Federal Emergency Management Agency 
• National Flood Insurance Program  
• Natural Resource Conservation Service  
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Chicago District  
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Great Lakes Region  
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife - Ecological Services 
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Chicago Field Office 
• U.S. Geological Survey 

• Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)  
• Kane-DuPage Soil & Water Conservation District 

Threatened and Endangered Species

• EcoCAT 
• Federal Threatened and Endangered Species in the Chicago Region  

Water Quality 

• Center for Watershed Protection  
• International Stormwater BMP Database 

Wetlands

• Installing Monitoring Wells (NRCS) 
• National Wetlands Inventory