Calumet Nature Educators Database

The Calumet Nature Educators Database links two important lists.  The first is a list of nature education providers in the Calumet region of Illinois and Indiana at the southern end of Lake Michigan.  The second is a comprehensive list of the region’s schools.  The two lists are cross-referenced and mapped in order to answer crucial questions about nature education in the region.

The database contains twelve maps and a table with three spreadsheets.  All have been rendered in .pdf format.  To open them, the user will need to have a recent version of Adobe Reader.  This may be downloaded at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. One may then use Adobe Reader’s tools to print, save, and search the document.  The maps and technical appendix are included in this file.  The table is a separate document.  They include:

Calumet Nature Educators Database Report (Final), Mark Bouman, Chicago State University, October 2008 (1.09 MB)

• Map 1: Schools in the Calumet Region
• Map 2: Nature Educators, Calumet Region, 2006
• Map 3: Calumet Stewardship Initiative Members, Calumet Region, 2006
• Map 4: Chicago Wilderness Members with “Education” Focus, Calumet Region, 2006
• Map 5: Environmental Educators of the Southern Lake Michigan Region, 2006
• Map 6: Schools Served by the Field Museum of Natural History’s Calumet Environmental Education Program, 2006
• Map 7: Schools Served by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County’s Sand Ridge Nature Center, 2006
• Map 8: Schools Served by Indiana Dunes Envrionmental Learning Center, 2006
• Map 9: Schools Served by the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, 2006
• Map 10: Schools Served by the Association for the Wolf Lake Initiative, 2006
• Map 11: K-12 School Participation in Selected Nature Programs, Calumet Region, 2006
• Map 12: K-12 Schools Not Participating in Selected Nature Programs, Calumet Region, 2006