Lawn to Lake is a collaborative program promoting healthy lawn and landscape practices to protect water resources in the Great Lakes region. The Great Lakes are a globally important natural resource. They represent approximately 20 percent of the world’s fresh surface water and provide habitat for over 100 species of globally rare plants and animals. Additionally, 42 million people depend on the Great Lakes for their drinking water.

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The Lawn to Lake effort in the Lake Michigan Basin is an outreach and training program to protect water in the Great lakes by facilitating a switch to landscape practices that reduce pollution. With funding from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, these partners are coordinating a prevention campaign that address the needs of the professional landscapers, municipalities and homeowners.
Margaret Schneemann
Water Resource Economist
312-676-7456
mschneemann@cmap.illinois.gov
Leslie Dorworth
Aquatic Ecology Specialist
219-989-2726
dorworth@purduecal.edu
Joe Exl
Senior Water Resources Planner
NIRPC
jexl@nirpc.org
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program
University of Illinois
1101 W. Peabody Drive
350 National Soybean Research Center, MC-635
Urbana, IL 61801
Ph: 217.333.6444 | Fax: 217.333.8046 | iisg@illinois.edu