Wildlife

• A Year with Wildlife Activity Book, Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), 2009

• Alewife Explosion: The 1967 Die-Off In Lake Michigan, Federal Water Pollution Control Administration (FWPCA), Great Lakes Region,

• July 1967

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

• Aquatic Invasive Species Education Handbook, Mandy Beall, National Sea Grant, University of Wisconsin, Autumn 2005

• Aquatic Macroinvertebrates Of The Grand Calumet River, Richard L. Whitman, 1999

• 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

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

• Attitudes of Homeowners In The Greater Chicago Metropolitan Region Toward Nuisance Wildlife, Human Dimensions Research Program, Illinois Natural History Survey, February 2001

• Attitudes of Residents In The Greater Chicago Region Toward Prescribed Burns and Ecological Restoration, Human Dimensions Research Program, Illinois Natural History Survey,  2002

• Backyard Beekeeping, James Tew, Alabama Cooperative Extension

• System, Alabama A&M University, Auburn University, 2004

• Backyard Habitat Book, Indiana Wildlife Federation (IWF),

• Beekeeping Basics, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, 2004

• 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

• 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

• Consequences Of Prairie Wetland Drainage For Crustacean Biodiver-sity And Metapopulations, Jenkins, Grissom, and Miller, 2001

• Contaminants In Fish From Great Lakes Harbors and Tributary

• Mouths: 1980-81, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), April 1984

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

• Eastern Woodrat Recovery Plan, Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), Office of Resource Conservation, 2003

• Ecological Potential Of The Grand Calumet River Basin, Richard L. Whitman, Meredith B. Nevers, Shira Hammann: U.S. Geological Survey,Philip B. Moy: Univ. of Wisconsin, Manitowoc,

• 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

• Effects Of Urbanization On The Geomorphology, Habitat, Hydrology, and Fish Index Of Biotic Integrity Of Streams In The Chicago Area, Illinois and Wisconsin, United States Geological Survey (USGS), 2005

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

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

• Seven Of The Endangered Species Act, USFWS, March 1998

• Field Guide To Honey Bees and Their Maladies, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, 2011

• 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

• Fish Survey of the Chicago Waterway System During 1991, MWRD, Report Number 92-17, July 1992

• Fish Tumors Related to Great Lakes Areas of Concern: Conference Proceedings, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region III, Pennsylvania Sea Grant, January 2003

• Hidden In Plain Sight: The Role of Plants in State Wildlife Action Plans, Stein, B.A., Gravuer, K, NatureServe, March 2008&nbsp

• Homeowner’s Guide To Northeastern Bats andBat Problems, Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, October 2006

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

• Illinois Fishing Information Guide (2011), Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), April 2011 Spanish Version 

• Illinois Fishing Information Guide (2012), Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), April 2012 Spanish Version

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

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

• Lakewide Assessment Plan For Lake Michigan Fish Communities,P. Schneeberger, M. Toneys, R. Elliott, J. Jonas, D. Clapp, R. Hess, D. Passino-Reader, 1998

• Landowner's Guide To Woodland Wildlife Management University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2005

• Mammals Of The Grand Calumet River Region, John O. Whitaker, Jr., Department of Life Sciences, Indiana State University, 2000

• Managing Michigan’s Wildlife: A Landowner’s Guide, Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDMR), September 199

• National Fish Habitat Action Plan, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, April 2006

• Past, Present, and Potential Of Fish Assemblages In The Grand Calumet River and Indiana Harbor Canal Drainage With Emphasis On Recovery Of Native Fish Communities, Thomas P. Simon: United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Philip B. Moy: US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), 2000

• 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

• Risky Fishing : Power Plant Mercury Pollution and Illinois Sport Fish , Max Muller, Illinois PIRG Education Fund, April 2006

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

• 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

• Study Of The Benthic Macroinvertebrate Community In Selected Chicago Metropolitan Area Waterways During 2003/2004, MWRD, EA Project 61755.01, June 2006

• Urban Beekeeping: What Is All The Buzz About?, Christine Arena, Penn State Environmental Law Review, 2010

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

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

• Wood Projects For Illinois Wildlife: Homes and Feeders For Birds and Mammals, Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources (IDNR), 2001

• 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

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