Feature Headlines

• To Build or Not to Build: New Online Resource Aids Local Planners
• Disinfecting Drinking Water Can Create Toxic By-products
• SOLEC Provides the Latest Great Lakes Health Report
• Reconnecting Fish Habitat Key to River Restoration

Feature Headlines

• Indiana Seafood: Coming to a Restaurant Near You
• Cook County Critical Facilities have New Tool to Reduce Flood Impacts
• The Grand Cal Keeps Getting Better
• Medicines in Lake Michigan Impact Minnow Embryos
• New Research Projects Address Pollutants and Other Key Issues
• The Medicine Chest has a New Look and New Lessons

Feature Headlines

• Living Near Waterways Can Be a Plus or Minus
• IISG Fellow Finds Fish Consumption Advisories Effective
• Lake Michigan Becomes the Classroom for COSEE Teacher Workshop
• Aquatic Invaders Website Spreads Beyond the Internet

Feature Headlines

• Pharmwaste: A Prescription for Troubled Waters
• Moving Forward with New Leadership
• One Stop Shopping for Great Lakes Information
• Educators Get Immersed in Great Lakes Issues
• Vitamin E Relieves the Effects of Aquaculture Stress

Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant’s annual magazine.

This issue highlights:

• Swimming Safer: Sharing knowledge, data, and resources
• IISG interns can have invaluable real world experience
• Spelling out nature’s benefits helps inform land use decisions
• Largemouth bass in the busy Chicago River are seeking out natural areas
• Educators explore water quality along the Wild Mile
• We’re funding new research to address emerging coastal issues

The Helm is a collection of recent IISG success stories, describing some of our research, outreach, and education efforts to address coastal and Great Lakes issues in Illinois and Indiana.

This is an annual summary of Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant success stories.

Flip through the magazine: https://issuu.com/iiseagrant/docs/thehelm-2021

If you fish in the Great Lakes region and eat your catch, this pamphlet will help you reduce your risk of consuming contaminated fish and introduce you to some of the facts of PCBs. Note: file includes English, Spanish, Polish, and Chinese translations.

This session was one of the largest at the 60th annual IAGLR conference, with 18 oral presentations, 1 poster presentation, and 1 facilitated discussion period. The full list of abstracts (with author contact information) is included as Appendix 1. This session was well-attended throughout the day, with as many as 70 people attending the individual talks.