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Wildlife Around Us - Web Resources and Information
I want to… do something
Gardening for wildlife, lots of information and resources (National Wildlife Federation website) https://www.nwf.org/garden
Gardening for pollinators (USDA/Forest Service website) https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/pollinators/gardening.shtml
Pollinator Conservation Resources (Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation website), Great Lakes Region https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-resource-center/great-lakes, and pollinator plants list for the Midwest https://xerces.org/publications/plant-lists/pollinator-plants-midwest-region
Make your yard bat-friendly, including information on bat houses (Forest Preserve District Will Co website) https://www.reconnectwithnature.org/news-events/the-buzz/how-to-attract-bats/
Make your yard bird-friendly - University of Illinois website https://extension.illinois.edu/news-releases/create-bird-friendly-yard
National Audubon website https://www.audubon.org/news/how-make-your-yard-bird-friendly-0
Farmer’s Almanac website, information on solitary native bees https://www.almanac.com/native-bees-best-pollinators-your-garden and bee houses https://www.almanac.com/bee-houses-native-solitary-bees.
I want to… learn more
Illinois DNR & University of Illinois Extension website on wildlife, identification, resources, and more https://www.wildlifeillinois.org/
National Wildlife Federation, educational resources on many animal species https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources
Urban Wildlife Institute at Lincoln Park Zoo, a research program studying wildlife across multiple urban areas in North America https://www.lpzoo.org/conservation-science/science-centers/urban-wildlife-institute/
See also: Urban wildlife information network https://www.urbanwildlifeinfo.org/
Research program on coyotes in the Chicago metro area (Forest Preserves of Cook Co and partners website) https://urbancoyoteresearch.com/
Information and educational resources on Mountain Lions (Mountain Lion conservation organization website) https://mountainlion.org/
Information and educational resources on Black Bears (multiple state agencies and bear biologists contributed to website) https://bearwise.org/