The following links include some interesting links related to the environment, including links to give you information on pending environmental issues and links to give you information to allow you to experience and enjoy our natural areas.
If you know of relevant links, particularly those related to DuPage County or the State of Illinois, not included here, please let the River Prairie Group Webmaster know what links should be added.
DuPage County
- Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
- The Conservation Foundation
- The Illinois Prairie Path
- The Morton Arboretum
- DuPage Birding Club
- Elmhurst Bicycle Club
- Trail Riders of DuPage
- Salt Creek Watershed Network
Illinois
- Citizens for a Better Environment
- Chicago Area Earthwatch Events
- Illinois Recycling Association
- Prairie Woods Audubon Society, A National Audubon Society Chapter
- Illinois EPA
National and Regional Environmental Organizations
- Sierra Club Chapters
- U.S. EPA Region 5 Home Page
- Save the Dunes Council, Inc.
- ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOLGY
- Environmental Links
- Environmental Organization WebDirectory!
- Center for Humans and Nature
Nature/Natural History
- The Birds of Fermilab
- The Virtual Birder ®
- National Birdfeeding Society
- Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
- Birding on the Web
- Illinois Chicago Birding
- Indiana Audubon Society Homepage
- Wild Bird Emporium
- Thayer Birding Software
- Where do you want to go birding in Illinois today?
- General Birding Information
Natural Areas
- Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Home Page
- Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
- Shades State Park
- Pine Hills
- Fayette State Park, Upper Peninsula of Michigan
- The Morton Arboretum
- Sylvania Wilderness and Ottawa National Forest
- The Sylvania Wilderness
- GORP - Sylvania Wilderness
- Indiana Dunes Recreation Parks
- Indiana Dunes
- Parks of the Duneland area Home of the Indiana Dunes
- Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Home Page
- Isle Royale National Park
- Camping, Hiking, and Boating at Isle Royale National Park
- Yellow River Forest
- Calumet Wetlands
- Younghusband Farm
- Starved Rock State Park and Matthiessen State Park
- Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
- Big Eastern: The Edge of the Prairie; Links
- The Tallgrass Prairie in Illinois
Habitat and Species Protection
- NORTH BRANCH RESTORATION PROJECT
- Forest Preserve District of DuPage County -- Habitat Improvement Project
- Calumet Wetlands
- The Prairie Enthusiasts
Toxic Waste
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Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities
Ozone Depletion
Climate Change
Air Pollution
- Nonattainment Areas for Criteria Pollutants
- Information on Proposed Rule for Reducing Regional Transport of Ground-Level Ozone
- Title 1 Policy Guidance Memos - NAAQS Memoranda
- Air Pollution - US EPA Office of Air and Radiation
- MapCruzin - Potential Adverse Environmental Effects of TRI Chemicals
- Great Lakes Regional Air Toxic Emissions Inventory
- Great Lakes Air Toxics Inventory: Target Toxic Compounds
- Health Effects of Southland Smog
Urban Sprawl