What's New?

Now available --a set of three ecologically oriented software programs-- the most feature-rich multimedia programs EPA and Purdue University have produced to date!

Biodiversity Around the Great Lakes is aimed at high school and entry college level students and others with an interest in the importance of sustaining biological diversity in the ecosystem, particularly as it is a matter of concern for the Great Lakes. The program includes videos and interviews with Great Lakes researchers, a species guide to plants and animals of the Great Lakes, and a virtual tour of Great Lakes Biodiversity Investment Areas.

Following up on Biodiversity, Habitat Management and Monitoring is another new multimedia environmental education program oriented to high school students and college students, with some interest for advanced junior high as well. This program focuses on the upper Midwest and Great Lakes, but users and their instructors will find application almost everywhere. It takes the user through exercises leading to an understanding of the concepts, principles and practices of habitat management and monitoring, with an emphasis on what can be done in our communities to protect and restore natural ecosystems. A second emphasis of the program is to introduce the student to environmental management as a career. It acquaints users with the tools and practices, skill sets and daily lives of people working in the field. Like the ecosystem tour in Biodiversity, this program contains a virtual habitat restoration tour of projects.

The third volume in this set, Big River is the "compleat" Upper Mississippi River for grades 9-12. Take a virtual tour of the Big River --its people, places and living things. Explore its length and breadth from its Lake Itasca source to its juncture with the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois. Be steeped in the River's bountiful history, both human and natural, from the times of the Ancient Mound Builders to present day. Examine some of the environmental issues facing the Mississippi River and Riverside communities today. Investigate the River's dynamics and how human responses have changed them -not always as expected. Like the companion programs, Biodiversity Around the Great Lakes and Habitat Management and Monitoring , Big River includes a species guide offeringt details about the Upper Mississippi's indigenous flora and fauna.

Environmental Planning for Small Communities (Trilogy)

This program offers a complete one-stop introduction to a wide range of environmental issues and decisions that affect small to medium-sized communities. It offers communities the chance to judge their own needs and preferences, and to make informed decisions on their own.

Now available in both on line (HTML) and downloadable (HTML or executable) Versions!

Pollution prevention in the lodging industry can be positive both economically and environmnentally. The program features a Virtual Hotel Tour which looks at the impacts of: energy management, solid waste controls, water conservation, air quality, purchasing management. You also can tour the virtual hotel through these areas of: Restaurant and Bar, Front Desk, Housekeeping, Administrative Office, Maintenance, Recreation, Grounds and Landscaping. You'll also find self-assessment tools, case studies, contacts and references.

Why mercury matters, how to reduce mercury releases, what to do if there's a mercury spill, what problems exist in different types of buildings, and what devices contain mercury. For demolition contractors, building contractors, and building owners.

Protecting Children's Health in Schools

This guide will introduce you, as a decision-maker in your school system, to potential hazards and aid you in protecting the environment and the health of those who use your school. The guide will discuss what those hazards might be, how to test for them, and how to remedy problems found.

L-THIA: Long-Term Hydrological Impact Assessment    

L-THIA is a Web-based analytical tool to estimate impacts upon runoff, recharge and nonpoint source pollution resulting from past or proposed land use changes. It assesses the long-term Hydrologic impacts of land use change. It gives long-term average annual runoff for a land use configuration, based upon actual long-term climate data for that area. By using many years of actual climate data in the analysis, L-THIA focuses on the average long-term impact, rather than an extreme year or storm. By accreting other geographical databases, including wetlands, floodplain mapping,and demographics t thus can expand into an almost unlimited succesion of planning and design tools covering wellhead protection, feedlot management, ambient air quality, stream hypoxia, and environmental justice.

New HTML versions of Farm*A*Syst Programs:

Livestock Manure Storage

Livestock Manure Handling Practices

UIC Class V Injection Wells

Available in both English and Spanish Versions!

 

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