Resources

Below are additional online and print resources for both individuals and institutions interested in installing native habitats.

Web sites

• Clean Air Counts
• Chicago Botanic Garden
• Chicago Wilderness
• The Conservation Foundation
• eNature 
• Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5
• Illinois Natural History Survey
• Lake County Stormwater Management Commission
• North American Native Plant Society
• Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission
• PlantNative
• The Prairie Source
• United States Department of Agriculture, Plants Database  

Books

• Packard, Stephen, and Cornelia F. Mutel, ed. The Tallgrass Restoration Handbook: For Prairies, Savannas, and Woodlands. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1997.
• Shirley, Shirley. Restoring the Tallgrass Prairie: An Illustrated Manual for Iowa and the Upper Midwest. Iowa City: Bur Oak Books, 1994.