Partners

Projects such as this one rely on the generosity and collaboration of scores of individuals and organizations. CNT and Openlands extend a heartfelt thanks to everyone who shared their time, expertise and data to bring this project to fruition. In particular, we extend special thanks to The Joyce Foundation, whose generous funding and support made this project possible.

American Farmland Trust: http://www.farmland.org
American Planning Association: http://www.planning.org/
Cadmus Group: http://www.cadmusgroup.com/
Campaign for Sensible Growth: http://www.growingsensibly.org/
Canal Corridor Association: http://www.canalcor.org/
Casey Trees Endowment: http://www.caseytrees.org/
Chicago Academy of Sciences: http://www.chias.org/
Chicago Area Geographic Information Study: http://www.cagis.uic.edu/
Chicago Metropolis 2020: http://www.chicagometropolis2020.org/
Chicago Park District: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/
Chicago State University: http://www.csu.edu
Chicago Wilderness: http://www.chiwild.org/
Chiwaukee Prairie Preservation Fund: http://www.chiwaukee.org/
Citizens for Conservation: http://www.savelivingspace.org/
City of Chicago: http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/home.do
City of Gary: http://www.gary.in.us/
City of Milwaukee Department of City Development: http://www.mkedcd.org/
City of Portage: http://www.ci.portage.in.us/
Community Open Space Partnership: http://www.ouropenspaces.org/
Cook County: http://www.co.cook.il.us/
CorLands: http://www.corlands.org/
Ducks Unlimited: http://www.ducks.org/
DuPage County: http://www.dupageco.org/
Environmental Law and Policy Center: http://www.elpc.org
Federal Geographic Data Committee: http://www.fgdc.gov/
Forest Preserve District of Cook County: http://www.fpdcc.com/
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County: http://www.dupageforest.com/index.html
Forest Preserve District of Will County: http://www.fpdwc.org/
Fox Valley Land Foundation: http://www.fvlf.org/
Friends of Milwaukee's Rivers: http://www.mkeriverkeeper.org/
Friends of the Fox River: http://www.friendsofthefoxriver.org/index.htm
Futurity Inc.: http://www.futurityinc.com/
Gathering Waters Conservancy: http://www.gatheringwaters.org/index.html
Geneva Lake Conservancy: http://www.genevalakeconservancy.org/
Grand Calumet Task Force: http://www.grandcalriver.org/
Great Lakes Cities Initiative: http://www.nemw.org/glci/
Great Lakes Information Network: http://www.great-lakes.net/
Great Lakes United: http://www.glu.org/
GreenSpace Alliance of Southeastern Pennsylvania: http://www.greenspacefun.org/
Grundy County
Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Commission: http://www.nps.gov/ilmi/index.htm
Illinois Department of Natural Resources: http://dnr.state.il.us/
Illinois Natural History Survey: http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/
Illinois Nature Preserves Commission: http://dnr.state.il.us/INPC/
Illinois Soil & Water Conservation Districts: http://www.ilconservation.com/
Illinois State Geological Survey: http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/
Illinois State Water Survey: http://www.sws.uiuc.edu/
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant: http://www.iisgcp.org/
Indiana Department of Environmental Management: http://www.ai.org/idem/index.html
Indiana Department of Natural Resources: http://www.state.in.us/dnr/
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore: http://www.nps.gov/indu/
Indiana Soil & Water Conservation Districts: http://iaswcd.org/
Indiana University Northwest: http://www.iun.edu/
International Joint Commission / Great Lakes Regional Office: http://www.ijc.org/en/home/main_accueil.htm
Iroquois County: http://www.iroquois-co.com/
Joyce Foundation: http://www.joycefdn.org/
Kane County: http://www.co.kane.il.us/
Kane County Forest Preserve District: http://www.co.kane.il.us/Forest/index.htm
Kankakee County: http://www.co.kankakee.il.us/
Kankakee River Conservancy District: http://www.krcdist.org
Kankakee River Valley Forest Preserve District: http://www.krvfpd.org
Kendall County: http://www.co.kendall.il.us/
Kendall County Forest Preserve District
Kenosha and Racine Land Trust: http://www.krlt.org/
Kenosha County: http://www.co.kenosha.wi.us/index.phtml
Lake Bluff Open Lands Association: http://www.lbola.org
Lake County Forest Preserve District: http://www.lcfpd.org/
Lake County, Illinois: http://www.co.lake.il.us/
Lake County, Indiana: http://www.lakecountyin.com/
Lake Forest Open Lands Association: http://www.lfola.org
Lake Michigan Federation: http://www.lakemichigan.org/
Land Conservancy of Lake County
Land Conservancy of McHenry County: http://www.conservemc.org/
Land Trust Alliance: http://www.lta.org/
The Liberty Prairie Conservancy: http://www.libertyprairie.org
Little Calumet River Basin Development Commission: http://www.lrc.usace.army.mil/projects/LCRBDCB.htm
McHenry County: http://www.co.mchenry.il.us/
McHenry County Conservation District: http://www.mccdistrict.org/
McHenry County Defenders: http://www.mcdef.org/
Metropolitan Mayors Caucus: http://www.mayorscaucus.org/
Metropolitan Planning Council: http://www.metroplanning.org/
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie: http://www.fs.fed.us/mntp/
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District: http://www.mmsd.com/home/index.cfm
National Park Service: http://www.nps.gov/
National Park Service Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program: http://www.nps.gov/rtca/
Natural Land Institute: http://www.naturalland.org/
Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission: http://www.nipc.cog.il.us/
Northern Illinois University: http://www.niu.edu
Northwest Indiana Forum: http://www.nwiforum.org/index_html.html
Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission: http://www.nirpc.org/
Policy Solutions Ltd.: http://www.policysolutionsltd.com/
Prairie Rivers Network: http://www.prairierivers.org/
Purdue University: http://www.purdue.edu/
Purdue University - Calumet: http://www.calumet.purdue.edu/
River Alliance of Wisconsin: http://www.wisconsinrivers.org/
Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network: http://www.rootpikewin.org/
Save the Dunes Conservation Fund: http://www.savedunes.org/html/stdcfund.html
Save the Dunes Council: http://www.savedunes.org/
Shirley Heinze Environmental Fund: http://www.savedunes.org/html/shef.html
Sierra Club - Illinois Chapter: http://illinois.sierraclub.org/
Sierra Club - Indiana Chapter: http://www.sierraclub.org/in/
Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission: http://www.sewrpc.org/
Tetra Tech EM Inc.: http://www.ttemi.com/
The Conservation Foundation: http://www.theconservationfoundation.org/
The Conservation Fund: http://www.conservationfund.org/
The Nature Conservancy: http://nature.org/
Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council: http://www.watershedcouncil.org/
United States Army Corps of Engineers - Chicago District: http://www.lrc.usace.army.mil/
United States Environmental Protection Agency - Great Lakes National Program Office: http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/
United States Environmental Protection Agency - Region 5: http://www.epa.gov/region5/
United States Fish and Wildlife Service: http://midwest.fws.gov/
United States Forest Service - North Central Research Station: http://www.ncrs.fs.fed.us/
United States Geological Survey: http://www.usgs.gov/
University of Wisconsin-Madison: http://www.wisc.edu/
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: http://www.uwm.edu/
Urban Open Space Foundation: http://www.uosf.org/
USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/
Walworth County: http://www.co.walworth.wi.us/
Walworth County Land Conservancy: http://www.walcntylc.org/
Will County: http://www.willcountyillinois.com/
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters: http://www.wisconsinacademy.org/
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources: http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/

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