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2015 Grant Awardees
October 2015 Illinois Coastal Grant Announcement
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is pleased to announce the fourth round of Illinois Coastal Grant Program awardees. These federal pass-through grants are funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration through the IDNR Coastal Program. Projects this round include sustainable coastal planning, environmental education and outreach, habitat management, and small projects along the Lake Michigan shoreline and in Millennium Reserve.
Project Location Maps
| Sustainable Coastal Planning Projects | Organization |
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Canal Shores Habitat Restoration and Land Use Plan
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Evanston Wilmette Golf Course Association
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Planning for Restoration following Emerald
Ash Borer (EAB) Disturbance
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Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
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Waukegan Harbor Master Plan
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Waukegan Port District
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| Environmental Education and Outreach Projects | |
Great Lakes Action Days: Coastal Education at Work
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Shedd Aquarium Society
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Growing Oaks: Implementation of the Next Generation
Mighty Acorns Curriculum
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Field Museum of Natural History
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RainReady Chicago
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Center for Neighborhood Technology
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Wild Indigo as a Replicable Urban Engagement Model
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National Audubon Society, Inc.
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Pipes & Precipitation II: Establishing a Place-Based Water Unit in Evanston/Skokie District 65, 3rd and 6th Grades
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Evanston/ Skokie Community Consolidated School District 65
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Monarchs, Migration, Birds and Me
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Faith in Place
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Community Engagement Paddling Workshops
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Openlands
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Green Infrastructure Workforce Development Training Initiative
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OAI, Inc.
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Re-CYCLING History: Black Metropolis/ Pullman Porter Great
Migration Trail Environmental Education Program
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A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum Inc.
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Calumet is My Back Yard
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Board of Education City of Chicago
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| Habitat Restoration Projects |
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| Powderhorn Prairie Ridge One Restoration Project |
Friends of the Forest Preserves |
| Habitat Restoration of Greenbelt Forest Preserve |
Lake County Forest Preserve District |
| Lake Forest Cemetery Ravine Restoration Project |
City of Lake Forest |
| Small Grant Projects | |
| Sisters4Science: Climate Change |
Project Exploration |
| Communicate Climate Change through Birds to Illinois Coastal Communities |
National Audubon Society, Inc |
| Birds Without Borders: an Introduction to Birding with Resettlement Communities |
National Audubon Society, Inc |
| "Rooting for Clean Water" Education & Community Engagement Project |
League of Women Voters |
| Uptown Inner Coastal Zone Initiative |
The Institute of Cultural Affairs |
| Summer Camp Conservation and Urban Fishing Program |
Boys and Girls Club of Chicago |
| Directional Signage for Hosah Park |
Zion Park District |
| Mighty Acorns Nature Camp for Students from the Illinois Coastal Zone |
Dunes Learning Center |
| Water-Saving Irrigation for Urban Agriculture at South Chicago Farm | Growing Power |