ENVIRONMENT:.Save Wilderness Every Day!..Valparaiso/Silver Lakes..Duneland Sierra..grassroots.
                            .Nations Ranked..Education..
Purdue WL Environment Center..
                            Indiana Land Trusts..Conservation Alliance..EcoNews..Native Plants..Wildflowers..More..Landscaping..

LIST LOCAL OF ORGANIZATIONS..Education..Riverwatch:.publications...Great Lakes in My World..
Volunteer (+ others):..Save The Dunes..Coffee Creek..National Lakeshore..Valpo Lakes..Taltree..Nature Conservancy.


ACTIVIST:.Sign up to contact politicians etc concerning environmental issues:.. Edward Abbey
US Public Interest Group..Natural Resources Defense Council.
.National Parks..Greenpeace..Environmental Defense..Sierra Club.&.Clubhouse..The National Trust for Historic Preservation..Less Active:.Friends of the Earth..Izaak Walton League (not often)...World Watch..Save US Forests..Save Ecosystems...Earth Policy Institute..Earth Share..Trails

NEWS & LOCAL/STATE EVENTS:..Clean Indiana Power...
Get added to:..Save The Dunes E-list...
Hoosier Environmental Council E-news...Indiana Environmental Report (weekdays)..National Lakeshore..AND....Chicago Wilderness (has E-news)..Master Naturalist..
Ask to receive the Great Lakes News..IL/IN Sea Grant...EnvLaw&PolicyCenter (IL)..

NATIONAL/GLOBAL
:.Umbrella Organization: EarthShare
Conservation News..The Environment Network..Christian Science Monitor.<Click Sci/Tech>.Washington Post..Planet Ark..Grist..
.USA...League of Conservation Voters..

LOCAL DATA:.Kankakee area..
.NW Indiana data..GIS Information..Archive...EPA: Great Lakes States...EPA: Great Lakes...USGS:.Atlas..(click IN),..Biol..Geol..Map..Minerals..H2O..IN H2O Atlas...Local Research...Great Lakes Center..IN Dept of Environ Manage..TEXTBOOK:.Case Studies...Activities Guide..Porter County Extension..NW IN office..GIS Projects, some in NW Indiana..Map & Environ Info Resource..NW IN Quality of Life Council & Report  (pages 92-98 have Action Steps)...NWI Times article 9/16/04....Environ Ethics..Global Climate...Global Outlook...World News..Planet Ark...Geography net World Zoomer/GIS. .

PRACTICE SUSTAINABILITY.(2)..RecycleStyrofoam..Trust for Public Lands
PLANT a TREE..ArborDay..CLEAN WATER ACT:(RIVERS)..Restoration at Univ of Washington
Who is POLLUTING YOUR environment..& use...EPA..SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS

NW IN:.CoastalZoneConf.02/04.LakeMI/Indiana.ChestTrib&Environ.Gary: waste dump..
Search EPA
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Reg5.BioBlitz.(2).CalumetHeritage.GrandCal&Cleanup..Sierra.DeepRiv.IDNL.ShirleyHeinze..EnvironInitiative..
Kankakee..GrandKankakeeMarsh.2.FRIENDS
.BeaverLake (once 1/7of NewtonCo).LaPorteCoParks
Porter:Co.VALPO:.Earthtones..City.paths.2.parks.FoundnMeadow.ValpoLakes..Portage.Links.Water.
Taltree.biketrail.CEDITFundsTrail.openspace.2.DunesCreek.MoraineRidgeWildlifeRehab.SplashDownDunes.
Purdue/Plants.horticulture extension..Native Plant Nursery...
Restoration.InvasivePlantsInvasive species..Purple Loostrife.Phragmites.WI list.Purdue.SaveThe Dunes.for links.
Transportation..plans.NIRPC.Connections 2030..Safe routes..Visclosky Plan..GaryBikePath.

Pines residents fight for safe water: Struggle with contamination highlights reliability of Great Lakes
Stormwater runoff raises new development questions: Regulations are more stringent for water discharged in Great Lakes Basin

INDIANA:.HEC.IDEM.NEWS..Branches(Indy)..DNR/grants./Wild./Riverwatch.&Database.IndianaGeology
RiverNetwork/IN..Water Resources.Wetlands.WetlandsResources.ImproveKidsEnvironment.
I 69 Extension..(2)..UtilityForecastingGroup/RenewableEnergy.UtilityRegulatoryCommission.
SustainableEarth/IN..Natural Landmarks..Rail/Tail/PWL.2.

GREAT LAKES/Chicago..IL/IN SeaGrant..Directory..AquaticHabitat..Info..EnvironResLab. Links..Protecting.
Chicago Wilderness:.Wilderness.OpenLands.EPA/5..CriticalMass..ConsciousChoice.Law & Policy..ELPC.
Atlas of Biodiversity  EPA/Chicago Wilderness..EPA Great Lakes..Decline in Lake Michigan Bottom Life / Diporeia..
Michigan.
:swMIDunes..LandUseInst..Prairie:Resource..Trout decline..Mercury....
Lake MI Management Plan 2004..Lake Michigan Coast Week...Lake Michigan Federation (old) = Alliance for the Great Lakes (new)

NATIONAL: Note: Planetizen ...SmartGrowthNetwork...WRI: EarthTrendsDatabase
Birds.NM.Resource.GoBirding.Arctic.ANWR.Endangered.FWS.Watchdogs.EnvironmentalWorkingGroup.

Courses:UCalif..ConservingBiodiversity..Air.EPA.ClearTheAir..Seattle..ozone2..Cars.buildings.
Sprawl..anti-.Smart Growth:.1..Cleveland..Water..testing.Wind..dunes..erosion.Academic..Purdue..
.CleanWater.TheNatureConservancy..AllianceForPavingMoratorium..Audubon..EnvDefense.
WildBirdsUnlimit.BLM.DumpThePumps.NatGeog.NatlParks.2.NatlWildlifeFed.NatlArborDay.
.NatlBiolInfoInfra (global biodiversity).RailsToTrails..Phytoremediation.2..USFS..GreenInfrastructure.
National Environmental Education Advancement Project..check back for booklet late fall 2004
11 Most Endangered Historic Places http://www.nationaltrust.org/11most/2004/index.html..PlanetArk.
NWF:.FIX.UP.YOUR.YARD.&.CREATE.HABITAT
& CampusEcology.
Work/Intern:.EarthWatch.
National Ecological Observatory Network.
.Local Government Environmental Assistance Network (LGEAN).
Land Cover...PavingOverOhio.....Traffic Calming..CongestionGettingWorse..Bike Lanes
Year of Clean Water..The Forest Where we Live

World.NEWS..2..3..Global News..BBC/Nature.State of the Planet/Resources/Links..One World..
Climate.climate1.2.Change.Warming/Action.Action2.More.
Conservn.Intl..WorldUnion.UnitedNations.Greenpeace.NatureConsv.WWF.2.
Green..Buildings..Health and Environmental Change..Protected Areas...WorldWatch.
RockyMtnInst:..fosters a life-sustaining worldExtinction.Redlist.Recent.Heroes.ford's.Rivers.NatlGeog.
Oceans.Audubon.conservancy1.conservancy2.MontereyBay..