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Watch & Listen

Listen to our new Public Service Announcement About Lawn care
(mp3 file - requires a media player)

 
 

Helpful Links:

Conservation @ Home Program
New EPA Video
Reduce Runoff: Slow It Down, Spread It Out, Soak It In
Habitat for Humanity's ReStore
800 N. State Street, Elgin
Website
 

Catch the first drops of Spring
ORDER NOW!

 
 
 

North Cook County Soil & Water Conservation District
dedicates this page to information about conservation practices
you can follow in your home and business

 

 

Learning Environment

What can't you learn from a book? Watch "Get'em Outside", a video by the No Child Left Inside Coalition to find out. Check out www.nclicoalition.org for more information

 

Links to Water Information

Conserving Waters

EPA WaterSense Website
WaterSaving.org Rain Barrel PDF
Harvesting Rain Water with Rain Barrels
Information on Saving Water Resources at Home
Center for Watershed Protection: DIY Rain Barrel & Rain Garden

Learning Waters

Illinois State Water Survey- Center for Groundwater Science- Northeastern Illinois Information
Illinois Groundwater Fact Sheet PDF
The Groundwater Foundation
Center for Watershed Protection
Stormwater Center- Stormwater Management Info.
EPA Healthy Watersheds
Wetland Wetlands Initiative

Stormwater: Journal for Surface Water Quality Professionals

Neighborhood Waters

Bluff Spring Fen
Save McDonald Creek
Friends of the Chicago River
Upper Des Plaines River Ecosystem Partnership
Fox River Ecosystem Partnership

Friends of the Fox River
Poplar Creek Prairie Stewards
Spring Creek Stewards
Salt Creek Watershed Network
Flint Creek Watershed Partnership

Alliance for the Great Lakes
Every Drop Counts- Lake Michigan- Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful
Northwest Municipal Conference- Watershed Planning Councils
Debra Shore
Founding editor of Chicago WILDERNESS Magazine,
   
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicagoland Commissioner

 
 

 

North Cook County Soil & Water Conservation District
847/468-0071    FAX  847/608-8302

 

899 Jay Street, Elgin, IL 60120
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 407, Streamwood, IL 60107-0407