Useful Links

DuPage County Countywide Stormwater and Flood Plain Ordinance Update - Blog website 

Planting and Maintaining Native Vegetation

• Native Plant Nurseries and Resources (EPA) 
• Conservation @ Home (The Conservation Foundation) 
• Living with Wetlands, A Handbook for Homeowners in Northeastern Illinois 
• USDA Plant Database  
• Illinois Native Plant Guide for Streams and Stormwater Facilities (NRCS) 

Water Quality 

• Center for Watershed Protection  
• International Stormwater BMP Database 

Wetlands

• NRCS: Installing monitoring wells  
• National Wetlands Inventory  

IDNR Threatened and Endangered Species

• EcoCAT 
• Illinois Urban Manual  
• NRCS Urban Sediment and Erosion Control 
• Center for Watershed Protection  
• Illinois Threatened and Endangered Species List 
• Federal Threatened and Endangered Species in the Chicago Region  

Education

• University of Illinois Extension-DuPage County 
• S.C.A.R.C.E.  
• DuPage County Waste, Recycling, and Energy  
• DuPage County Kids Links  

Associations, partnerships and foundations

• The Conservation Foundation  
• DuPage River/Salt Creek Workgroup  
• Upper Des Plaines River Watershed Ecosystem Partnership  
• Illinois Association for Floodplain and Stormwater Management  
• Society of Wetland Scientists  
• Illinois Soil Classifiers Association  
• Association of State Wetland Managers  
• Association of State Floodplain Managers  
• Chicago Wilderness  
• Fox River Ecosystem Partnership Friends of the Chicago River  

REGULATORY

Local

• DuPage County Municipalities  
• Forest Preserve District of DuPage County  

State

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

Federal

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Chicago District  
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife-Ecological Services  
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Chicago Field Office  
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency  
• U.S. Geological Survey  
• U.S.D.A. - Natural Resource Conservation Service  
• FEMA  
• National Flood Insurance Program  

Regional

• Kane/DuPage Soil and Water Conservation District  
• Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)  
• NIPC