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/