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NEW WEBTOOLS!

Web-based tools for watershed management EPA Region 5 and Office of Research and Development have joined with several state agencies and academic institutions to form a consortium, the Midwest Spatial Decision Support Systems Partnership for Watershed Management. The Partnership has assembled a set of Web-based on line GIS-based and modeling tools to enable local managers and others concerned about the potential impacts of land use decisions upon watersheds and water bodies to run alternative site-specific scenarios for their precise locations. Check out the Pheasant Branch (Wisconsin) Case Study

FEATURED PROGRAMS

Habitat Management and Monitoring

Explore habitats of the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes. Learn how volunteers help professional researchers understand critical habitats. “Habitat Management and Monitoring” is an entertaining and instructive program for anyone interested in learning how habitats support the ecosystem, and the role that plants and animals play within their habitats. While this tutorial emphasizes the upper Midwest and Great Lakes, it presents universally applicable principles.

Biodiversity Around the Great Lakes
Take a biodiversity tour of the Great Lakes. This enjoyable, multimedia program offers high school and undergraduate college students a comprehensive tutorial addressing the principles of biodiversity in a Great Lakes setting.

Environmental Enrichment for the Lodging Industry: A Toolkit	Beneficial Lawn Care
Environmentally sound hotel practices can pay off while they protect the ecosystem. Ecotourism pays a double bonus. This growing market represents opportunities for both the hotel industry and the ecologically sound business alternatives for the local economy.	Everything the homeowner or groundskeeper needs to know about environmentally sound ways to create and maintain a model landscape. Learn about integrated pest management, water conservation techniques, and fertilization methodologies that protect water quality.

Protecting Children's Health in Schools	Mercury in Buildings
Click the Virtual Tour button to sample the Health and Safety Tour of a school! It is critically important to take special precautions in handling mercury and to use only proper methods to clean up mercury spills.	This program offers expert advice on the many places buildings can harbor mercury and helps the contractor avoid worker exposure while reducing accidental releases to the environment.

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Our first program for young audiences: The Great Lakes Adventure Explore the Great Lakes from your PC or Mac and solve an environmental mystery...	ANNOUNCING: Environmental Planning for Small Communities (the Trilogy) is now available in a Web-based version!	Now with Virtual Reality panoramas! Mercury in Hospitals See an example

  

Purdue University Farmstead Assessment Programs (Farm-A-Syst)    Several of the SEAHOME software programs have been produced as part of Farm-A-Syst, a program of the Agricultural Extension Service providing technology transfer to the agricultural community.