Sea Grant Illinois-Indiana
This guide provides a suggested rain garden planting plan.
A screen reader friendly version is available at https://iiseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Accessible-Full-Sun-Rain-Garden-Brochure-002.pdf.
Jardín de Lluvia a Pleno Sol en español está aquí.
La publicación para un lector de pantalla está disponible aquí.
This brochure is a guide to the characteristics and benefits of selected Illinois plants to help home gardeners choose native plants appropriate for site-specific conditions.
A screen reader friendly version is available at: https://iiseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Accessible-Illinois-Native-Plants-for-the-Home-Landscape-Brochure.pdf.
Plantas Nativas de Illinois en español está aquí.
La publicación para un lector de pantalla está disponible aquí.
This guide features a plant plan that creates year-round interest for people and extends the foraging season for pollinators.
A screen-reader friendly version is available at https://iiseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Accessible-Full-Sun-Pollinator-Garden-Brochure.pdf.
A printer friendly version is available at https://iiseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Full-Sun-Pollinator-Garden_Printer-Ready_English.pdf
Jardín de Lluvia a Pleno Sol en español está aquí.
La publicación para un lector de pantalla está disponible aquí.
La publicación para imprimir está disponible aquí.
This product is a guide to selecting low-input turfgrass in the northeastern Illinois region.
The original brochure is available from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (https://www.cmap.illinois.gov/documents/10180/296668/FY19-0072_BEYOND_BLUEGRASS_BROCHURE.pdf/80239944-7a22-0b71-8e62-2aff006aef41).
This publication brings together program impacts from the 2018-2019 Sea Grant year.
In Indiana, community leaders make decisions about public spaces such as parks, trails, farmers markets, schools, and Main Streets every day that affect the health and wellness of the community. Using Purdue Extension’s Enhancing the Value of Public Spaces: Creating Healthy Communities program, facilitators coach communities through development of a high quality action plan for their public spaces. The plan can guide decisions and better position communities to take advantage of opportunities to promote healthy eating and active living. Our Indiana-based curriculum is designed for use by decision-makers and local leaders who have oversight and management of community public spaces, such as: Parks boards and planning commission members, Public officials and their staffs, Members of organizations whose missions relate to services, programs, or management of public spaces.
Purdue Extension Publication Number ID-513.
This resource is available through Purdue Extension Community Development at: https://cdext.purdue.edu/signature-programs/quality-places/evps-health/
Report on Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy implementation for the years 2017-18. Includes an update to the Science Assessment.
Report available through the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s website: Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy Implementation
This publication discusses the benefits of several agricultural best management practices for protecting or improving water quality. These BMPs are used in the Long-Term Hydrologic Impact Assessment model in the Tipping Point Planner decision support system.
It is available through the Purdue Extension Education Store at https://mdc.itap.purdue.edu/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-581-W.
This publication discusses the benefits of several urban best management practices for protecting or improving water quality. These BMPs are used in the Long-Term Hydrologic Impact Assessment model in the Tipping Point Planner decision support system.
This document is available through the Purdue Extension Education Store at https://mdc.itap.purdue.edu/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-580-W.