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CEN Members 11-2016 Chicagoland Environmental Network Member Organizations November 2016 1. Active Transportation Alliance, Chicago, Illinois 2. Alliance for the Great Lakes, Chicago, Illinois 3. American Farmland Trust, Washington, D.C. 4. American Lung Association, Chicago, Illinois 5. Animalia Project, Chicago, Illinois 6. The Anti-Cruelty Society, Chicago, Illinois 7. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 8. Audubon Chicago Region, Skokie, Illinois 9. Bird Conservation Network, Skokie, Illinois 10. Bluestem Communications, Chicago, Illinois 11. Bolingbrook Park District, Bolingbrook, Illinois 12. Boone County Conservation District, Belvedere, Illinois 13. Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods, Deerfield, Illinois 14. Butterfield Creek Steering Committee, Flossmoor, Illinois 15. Butterprint Historic Farm, Monee, Illinois 16. Cabin Nature Center, Wood Dale, Illinois 17. Calumet Ecological Park Association, Chicago, Illinois 18. Calumet Environmental Resource Center, Chicago, Illinois 19. Campton Township Open Space, St. Charles, Illinois 20. Cantigny Park, Wheaton, Illinois 21. Caretakers of the Environment International/USA, Wilmette, Illinois 22. The Center for Instruction, Staff Development, and Education, Carbondale, Illinois 23. Center for Neighborhood Technology, Chicago, Illinois 24. Chicago Academy of Sciences / Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago, Illinois 25. Chicago Audubon Society, Chicago, Illinois 26. Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Illinois 27. Chicago Conservation Corps, Chicago, Illinois 28. Chicago Council on Science and Technology, Chicago, Illinois 29. Chicago Gateway Green, Chicago, Illinois 30. Chicago Herpetological Society, Chicago, Illinois 31. Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences, Chicago, Illinois 32. Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, Chicago, Illinois 33. Chicago Ornithological Society, Chicago, Illinois 34. Chicago Park District, Chicago, Illinois 35. Chicago Recycling Coalition, Chicago, Illinois 36. Chicago Region Interpreters, Downers Grove, Illinois 37. Chicago Wilderness, Chicago, Illinois 38. Chicago Zoological Society/Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, Illinois 39. Chicagoland Bird Observatory, Lemont, Illinois 40. Chiwaukee Prairie Preservation Fund, Inc., Kenosha, Wisconsin 41. Citizens for Conservation, Barrington, Illinois 42. Citizens Utility Board, Chicago, Illinois 43. City of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 44. The Conservation Foundation, Naperville, Illinois 45. The Conservation Fund, Sawyer, Michigan 46. Conservation Research Institute, Elmhurst, Illinois 47. Conserve Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois 48. Cook County Department of Environmental Control, Maywood, Illinois 49. Cosley Zoo, Wheaton, Illinois 50. Crabtree Nature Center–FPDCC, Barrington, Illinois 51. Crystal Lake Park District, Crystal Lake, Illinois 52. Delta Institute, Chicago, Illinois 53. Des Plaines River Valley Restoration Project, Brookfield, Illinois 54. Downers Grove Park District, Downers Grove, Illinois 55. Dragonfly Monitoring Network, Chicago, Illinois 56. Ducks Unlimited–Great Lakes/Atlantic Regional Office, Ann Arbor, Michigan 57. Dunes Learning Center, Chesterton, Indiana 58. DuPage Birding Club, Bartlett, Illinois 59. DuPage County Historical Museum, Wheaton, Illinois 60. EarthShare of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois 61. Eden Place Nature Center, Chicago, Illinois 62. Elgin Public Museum of Natural History and Anthropology, Elgin, Illinois 63. Emily Oaks Nature Center, Skokie, Illinois 64. Endangered Species Coalition, Washington, D.C. 65. Environmental Defenders of McHenry County, Woodstock, Illinois 66. Environmental Education Association of Illinois, Macomb, Illinois 67. Environmental Law & Policy Center, Chicago, Illinois 68. Evanston Environmental Association, Evanston, Illinois 69. Evanston North Shore Bird Club, Evanston, Illinois 70. Faith in Place, Chicago, Illinois 71. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 72. Fermilab Natural Areas, Batavia, Illinois 73. The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois 74. Foresight Design Initiative, Chicago, Illinois 75. Forest Foundation of Kendall County, Yorkville, Illinois 76. Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, Wheaton, Illinois 77. Forest Preserve District of Kane County, Geneva, Illinois 78. Forest Preserve District of Will County, Joliet, Illinois 79. Forest Preserves of Cook County, River Forest, Illinois 80. Forest Preserves of the Kankakee River Valley, Aroma Park, Illinois 81. Fox Valley Wildlife Center, Elburn, Illinois 82. Friends of the Chicago River, Chicago, Illinois 83. Friends of the Fen (Bluff Spring Fen Nature Preserve), Elgin, Illinois 84. Friends of the Forest Preserves, Skokie, Illinois 85. Friends of the Parks, Chicago, Illinois 86. Gaia Movement USA, Chicago, Illinois 87. The Garden Clubs of Illinois, Inc., Elmhurst, Illinois 88. Garfield Farm Museum, LaFox, Illinois 89. Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance, Chicago, Illinois 90. Geneva Park District, Geneva, Illinois 91. Glen Ellyn Park District, Glen Ellyn, Illinois 92. Global Warming International Center, Naperville, Illinois 93. Great Lakes Protection Fund, Evanston, Illinois 94. Green Earth Institute, Naperville, Illinois 95. Greenpeace, Chicago, Illinois 96. The Grove National Historic Landmark, Glenview, Illinois 97. Habitat 2030, Chicago, Illinois 98. Hal Tyrell Trailside Museum–FPDCC, River Forest, Illinois 99. Hammond Environmental Education Center, Hammond, Indiana 100. The Humane Society of the United States, Naperville, Illinois 101. I & M Canal National Heritage Corridor Civic Center Authority, Willow Springs, Illinois 102. Illinois Association of Park Districts, Springfield, Illinois 103. Illinois Audubon Society, Springfield, Illinois 104. Illinois Audubon Society–Fort Dearborn Chapter, Chicago, Illinois 105. Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network, Illinois 106. Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Springfield, Illinois 107. Illinois Environmental Council, Springfield, Illinois 108. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Springfield, Illinois 109. Illinois Native Plant Society, Westville, Illinois 110. Illinois Paddling Council, Evanston, Illinois 111. Illinois Park & Recreation Association, Carol Stream, Illinois 112. Illinois Recycling Association, Oak Park, Illinois 113. Illinois Soil Classifiers Association, Illinois 114. Illinois Solar Energy Association, Aurora, Illinois 115. Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, Illinois 116. Illinois Walnut Council, Westville, Illinois 117. Illinois Water Environment Association, West Chicago, Illinois 118. Illinois–Indiana Sea Grant College Program, West Lafayette, Indiana 119. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Indianapolis, Indiana 120. Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Porter, Indiana 121. International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin 122. Irons Oaks Environmental Learning Center, Olympia Fields, Illinois 123. Izaak Walton League of America, Gaithersburg, Maryland 124. John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, Illinois 125. Jurica–Suchy Nature Museum, Lisle, Illinois 126. Kane–DuPage Soil & Water Conservation District, St. Charles, Illinois 127. Keep Chicago Beautiful, Chicago, Illinois 128. Kendall County Forest Preserve District, Yorkville, Illinois 129. Lake Bluff Open Lands Association, Lake Bluff, Illinois 130. Lake County Forest Preserves, Libertyville, Illinois 131. Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District, Grayslake, Illinois 132. Lake County Stormwater Management Commission, Libertyville, Illinois 133. Lake County Volunteer Stewardship Network, Wauconda, Illinois 134. Lake Forest Open Lands Association, Lake Forest, Illinois 135. Lake in the Hills Fen, Lake in the Hills, Illinois 136. Lake Katherine Nature Center & Botanic Gardens, Palos Heights, Illinois 137. Lake View Nature Center, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois 138. Land Conservancy of Lake County, Lake Villa, Illinois 139. League for Environmental Awareness and Protection, Lake Forest, Illinois 140. League of Illinois Bicyclists, Aurora, Illinois 141. Lincoln Marsh Natural Area, Wheaton, Illinois 142. Lincoln Park Conservancy, Chicago, Illinois 143. Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, Illinois 144. Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center–FPDCC, Willow Springs, Illinois 145. Lorado Taft Field Campus, Oregon, Illinois 146. Lurie Garden, Chicago, Illinois 147. Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation, Dundee, Illinois 148. McHenry County Conservation District, Woodstock, Illinois 149. McHenry–Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District, Woodstock, Illinois 150. Metropolitan Planning Council, Chicago, Illinois 151. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 152. Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Wilmington, Illinois 153. Midwest Pesticide Action Center, Chicago, Illinois 154. Midwest Renewable Energy Association, Custer, Wisconsin 155. Moms Clean Air Force—Illinois, Highland Park, Illinois 156. The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois 157. Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois 158. Naperville Park District, Naperville, Illinois 159. National Great Rivers Research and Education Center, Godfrey, Illinois 160. National Parks Conservation Association, Chicago, Illinois 161. Natural Land Institute, Rockford, Illinois 162. The Nature Conservancy–Illinois Chapter, Chicago, Illinois 163. The Nature of Illinois Foundation, Champaign, Illinois 164. NeighborSpace, Chicago, Illinois 165. North Branch Restoration Project, Northbrook, Illinois 166. North Cook County Soil and Water Conservation District, Streamwood, Illinois 167. North Park Village Nature Center, Chicago, Illinois 168. Northbrook Park District, Northbrook,
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