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ILIN

Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (ILIN) achieved college status in 1997 and is a collaborative program between the University of Illinois and Purdue University. IISG brings together scientists, educators, policy makers, community decision makers, outreach specialists, business leaders, and the general public to work towards a healthy environment and economy.

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ILIN Sea Grant by the Numbers

2020 (pdf)

2019 (pdf)

2017 (pdf)

2016 (pdf)

 

SEA GRANT WORK IN ILLINOIS AND INDIANA RESULTED IN*

$2.2M

ECONOMIC IMPACT

10982

ACRES OF COASTAL HABITAT PROTECTED OR RESTORED

41

 STUDENTS  SUPPORTED

3311

K-12 STUDENTS REACHED

 
 
 

*Metrics reported in Summer 2021 for work conducted February 1, 2020 to January 31, 2021. Economic impact = market and non-market value of Sea Grant's work; value of jobs and businesses. "Students supported" includes new and continuing students receiving financial support to pursue an undergraduate or graduate degree. K-12 students reached through Sea Grant education efforts.

Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Featured Impacts

Illinois Green Infrastructure Program Leads to Reductions in Polluted Runoff

 

Impervious surfaces in urban and suburban areas do not allow rain and snowmelt to soak into the ground and often result in more pollutants entering local bodies of water as the stormwater runoff picks up pollutants. Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant was funded by Illinois EPA to study the standards and costs of green infrastructure as a possible replacement or supplement to conventional urban stormwater infrastructure. The study found that, on average, green infrastructure practices are just as effective as conventional stormwater infrastructure, and often less expensive.
Over 200,000 lbs. of medicine disposed of through Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant-supported community collection programs

 

How we choose to use and dispose of pharmaceuticals and personal care products impacts water quality—the water that we drink, bathe in, and use for recreation. Most of us do not use all of the medication that we buy. But using the toilet or trash to dispose of medicine can put people, animals, and the environment at risk. Since 2008, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant has helped communities establish medicine collection programs by providing financial and technical support, including a toolkit of information, ideas, and resources to a network of new and on-going community single-day and permanent collection programs. Altogether, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant has helped establish 52 permanent medicine collection programs (50 of which are still in operation). The 22,370 pounds of unwanted medicine collected in 2017 brings the total amount to a whopping 203,923 pounds, which equates to over 100 tons of properly disposed of medicines.
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Helped Students Secure Employment and Participate in Stewardship Opportunities

 

Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant introduced aquatic ecology to 22 Purdue Northwest University seniors. This semester-long course covers water quality, hydrology, nutrients, aquatic life, and more. The course helped students secure employment and take part in stewardship opportunities. One student who developed curricula as part of a class project, secured a position as a high school AP biology teacher after graduation. Three students were hired as interns with the National Wildlife Habitat Council. And several students introduced the Hoosier River Watch, a citizen stewardship organization, to the class and recruited two more volunteers.

The Congressional report, Rising Above the Gathering Storm, states that building a workforce literate in science, technology, engineering and mathematics is crucial to maintaining America’s competitiveness in a rapidly changing global economy.
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Meet Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Experts

Leslie Dorworth

Aquatic Ecology Specialist - Leslie serves the Chicago metropolitan area and focuses on a variety of water quality issues, including the development of informational pieces on fish consumption and the connection to human health and how land use impacts water quality. 

"The loss of shoreline due to wave and ice action and what communities do to reinforce their shoreline has always interested me."

Illinois and Indiana Stories and News

Local Decision Maker; Assisting Indiana communities in making informed and integrated land use and economic development decisions

Local Decision Maker; Assisting Indiana communities in making informed and integrated land use and economic development decisions

Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant

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/ Categories: Resilient Communities and Economies, Extension, Great Lakes, Illinois, Indiana, Resilience Toolkit Archive, Coastal Economy, Decision Support Tools

Local Decision Maker (LDM) is a powerful decision support system for comprehensive planning.  LDM brings together the data, current research, analyses, mapping tools, and models to assist communities throughout the planning process.  If vexing issues such as too much growth, too little growth, loss of natural resources, poor employment outlook, or declining school populations have driven your community to the point that change is wanted, you will find LDM useful. LDM will help you assess existing conditions, develop a realistic vision of the future, identify future development strategies, and select a preferred strategy consistent with the community's economic, natural resource, social and cultural objectives and projected resource bases.  Conflicts are unavoidable given competing objectives.  Overall, we expect communities that use LDM will find ways to navigate through these conflicts and develop a comprehensive plan supported by the community. 

The site is designed for county planners, planning consultants and public officials.  If you are new to the comprehensive planning process, please spend some time in the Resources section.  In addition, we recently added the map to the right that summarizes existing planning efforts throughout Indiana.  Before starting a planning effort, you may want to visit some of the counties that have recently completed or updated their comprehensive plans.

 

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Lisa Merrifield, Assistant Director for Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant


Emaillmorrisn@illinois.edu
Phone217-333-0045

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