Illinois residents: What’s your opinion on natural lawn care?

Posted May 20th, 2019 in Featured, Healthy Waters, News
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Watering your lawn in the early morning or in the evening. Using phosphorus-free fertilizers. Mowing your grass to a height of at least 3 inches. These are but a few steps you can take to have healthier and environment-friendly lawns.

We want to share lawn care tips that are important to homeowners, so won’t you help us by answering a brief questionnaire?

If you are at least 18 years old and take care of your lawn, we want your opinions. Our questionnaire will take no longer than 20 minutes to complete, and fully completing the survey makes you eligible to be entered into a drawing to win an iPad!

Take the survey: https://go.illinois.edu/lawn

If you have questions about this project, you may contact either of the principal investigators, Sarah Zack (szack@illinois.edu) and Lulu Rodriguez (lulurod@illinois.edu). If you have questions about your rights as a participant, feel free to get in touch with the University of Illinois Office for the Protection of Research Subjects at 217-333-2670 or irb@illinois.edu.

Thank you for taking the time to assist our researchers with this study.

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The Great Lakes Educators of Aquatic and Marine Science hosts an annual coastal cleanup around the Great Lakes — and we want Chicagoland educators to be part of it! Whether you’re passionate about stewardship, looking to connect with fellow educators, or just want to make a difference, this is your chance. Bring a friend and connect with the GLEAMS community! Mingle afterwards at Off Color Brewing Taproom, The Mousetrap.

Date: September 20
Time: 12:30 PM – 3 PM
Location: 1460 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60642

Register at the link in bio.

Let’s connect and conserve our waterways together. 💙

#TeachingTuesday

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The Great Lakes Educators of Aquatic and Marine Science hosts an annual coastal cleanup around the Great Lakes — and we want Chicagoland educators to be part of it! Whether you’re passionate about stewardship, looking to connect with fellow educators, or just want to make a difference, this is your chance. Bring a friend and connect with the GLEAMS community! Mingle afterwards at Off Color Brewing Taproom, The Mousetrap.Date: September 20Time: 12:30 PM – 3 PMLocation: 1460 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60642Register at the link in bio.Let’s connect and conserve our waterways together. 💙#TeachingTuesday

Fill your bait bucket with the Great Lakes Fresh Fish Finder! And when the day’s done, don’t dump unused bait—it can harm our lakes and spread invasive species.

Be a Hero, Transport Zero: Don’t Dump Bait. Remove it. Dispose of it. Drain it. Never release it.

Visit the link in bio to learn more.

#DontDumpBait #TransportZero #GreatLakes

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Fill your bait bucket with the Great Lakes Fresh Fish Finder! And when the day’s done, don’t dump unused bait—it can harm our lakes and spread invasive species. Be a Hero, Transport Zero: Don’t Dump Bait. Remove it. Dispose of it. Drain it. Never release it. Visit the link in bio to learn more. #DontDumpBait #TransportZero #GreatLakes

Looking for your next fishing adventure? 🎣 Visit a fee fishing business—a private pond or lake where you pay a small fee to fish, no license required! 🐟

Catch a fish, snap a photo, and share it with #GLFFF, giving a shoutout to where you reeled it in. 🌊✨ #GreatLakesFishing

Learn more at the link in bio.

Photo Credit: Amy Shambach, Spring Valley Trout Farm, Dexter, MI

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Looking for your next fishing adventure? 🎣 Visit a fee fishing business—a private pond or lake where you pay a small fee to fish, no license required! 🐟 Catch a fish, snap a photo, and share it with #GLFFF, giving a shoutout to where you reeled it in. 🌊✨ #GreatLakesFishingLearn more at the link in bio.Photo Credit: Amy Shambach, Spring Valley Trout Farm, Dexter, MI

Most people associate jellyfish with the ocean, but there are freshwater jellyfish too. Native to China’s Yangtze River, Craspedacusta sowerbii has spread worldwide and has lived in the Great Lakes region for decades, including Illinois and Indiana.

With funding from Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, researchers led by biologist Nadine Folino Rorem (Wheaton College) and Paulyn Cartwright (University of Kansas) are studying this species and the local environmental conditions where it thrives.

Full story: at the link in bio.

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Most people associate jellyfish with the ocean, but there are freshwater jellyfish too. Native to China’s Yangtze River, Craspedacusta sowerbii has spread worldwide and has lived in the Great Lakes region for decades, including Illinois and Indiana. With funding from Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, researchers led by biologist Nadine Folino Rorem (Wheaton College) and Paulyn Cartwright (University of Kansas) are studying this species and the local environmental conditions where it thrives.Full story: at the link in bio.
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