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Websites listed below provide environmental information on the Lake Michigan region.

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GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

United States Environmental Protection Agency State of the Great Lakes Ecosystem Conferences

www.epa.gov/glnpo/solec/index.html
United States Environmental Protection Agency Biological Indicators of Watershed Health

www.epa.gov/bioindicators
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region V, Great Lakes National Program Office

www.epa.gov/glnpo/ecopage/ecosystm.html
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality

www.michigan.gov/deq/1,1607,7-135-3313_3677---,00.html
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory

www.glerl.noaa.gov
National Undersea Research Center for the North Atlantic and Great Lakes provides researchers access to specialized underwater technologies and promotes the underwater world.

www.nurc.uconn.edu
Chicago Shoreline Protection Project

www.cityofchicago.org/Environment/Shoreline/

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LAKESHORE SITES

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

www.nps.gov/indu
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

www.nps.gov/slbe

ORGANIZATIONS

Environmental Law & Policy Center, an environmental advocacy organization working on energy, transportation, environmental markets, and forest, land, and water issues in the Great Lakes states

www.elpc.org
Alliance for the Great Lakes

www.greatlakes.org
Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation

www.savemiwater.org
Michigan Environmental Council, a coalition of environmental and public health organizations that works to protect Michigan's natural resources and promote a healthy environment.

www.mecprotects.org
Michigan Land Use Institute

www.mlui.org
National Wildlife Federation’s Great Lakes reports and programs

www.nwf.org/greatlakes
Pier Wisconsin offers experience-based, hands-on programs for environmental and cultural education on the Great Lakes. The organization maintains a floating classroom, the S/V Denis Sullivan, a re-creation of a traditional Great Lakes schooner.

www.pierwisconsin.org
Save the Dunes Council and Save the Dunes Conservation Fund, Inc.

www.savedunes.org
Shirley Heinze Environmental Fund

www.heinzefund.org
The Sierra Club

www.sierraclub.org
Sierra Club Lake Michigan water monitoring program

illinois.sierraclub.org/chicago/volunteer/
The Nature Conservancy

www.tnc.org
Great Lakes Information Network

www.great-lakes.net/envt
Great Lakes United

www.glu.org
Public Interest Research Group in Michigan

www.pirgim.org
Illinois Public Interest Research Group

www.illinoispirg.org
Chicago Wilderness Coalition

www.chiwild.org
Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group

www.wispirg.org

UNIVERSITIES AND INSTITUTIONS

Great Lakes Forest Information Center @ Michigan State University

bsrsi.msu.edu/glfic
Great Lakes Water Institute home page. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee-based institute supports research, education and outreach programs to promote better understanding of the Great Lakes ecosystem and other resources.

www.glwi.uwm.edu
John G. Shedd Aquarium

www.sheddaquarium.org
Michigan Sea Grant, a joint program of Michigan State University and University of Michigan

www.miseagrant.umich.edu

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