Geology
- A Natural History of the Chicago Region, Joel Greenberg, 2002, The University of Chicago Press, ISBN: 0-2226-30648-8
- An Atlas of Biodiversity - Chicago Wilderness, A regional Nature Reserve, 1999
- (The Nature of Chicago, A Comprehensive Guide to Natural Sites In and Around the City - Isabel S. Abrams, 1997, Chicago Review Press, ISBN 1-55652-312-2)
- (Geology Underfoot in Illinois-Raymond Wiggers, 1997, Mountain Press Publishing Company, ISBN: 0-87842-346-X)
Weather and Heat Islands
- Weather and Climate of the Great Lakes Region - Val Eichenlaub, University of Notre Dame Press, ISBN: 0-268-01940-4
- Heat Wave, A Social Autopsy of Disaster In Chicago - Eric Klinenberg, 2002, The University of Chicago Press, ISBN: 0-226-44321-3
Lake Michigan
- Fishing the Great Lakes, An Enviornmental History, 1783-1933- Margaret Beattie Bogue, 2000; The University of Wisconsin Press, ISBN: 0-299-16764-X
- (Fishes of the Great Lakes Region, Revised Ed., Carl L. Hubbs and Karl F. Lagler, Revised by Gerald R. Smith, 2004, The University of Michigan Press, ISBN: 0-472-11371-2)
- (Fish for All, An Oral History of Multiple Claims and Divided Sentiment on Lake Michigan - Michael J. Chiarappa and Kristin M. Szylvian, 2003, Michigan State University Press, ISBN: 0-87013-654-2)
Dunes
- Sacred Sands - The Struggle for Community in the Indiana Dunes - J. Ronald Engel, 1983, Weslyean University Press , ISBN: 0-8195-6129-0
- Sixties Sandstorm, The Fight over Establishment of a Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, 1961-1970 - Brian C. Kalt, 2001 Michigan State University Press, ISBN 0-87013-559-7
- Wild Flowers of the Dunes, A Guide to the Common Flowering Plants of the Michigan and Indiana Dunes, Diane K. Chaddock, Sand Cress Books, ISBN 0-9660311-0-5
- (A Nationalized Lakeshore: The Creation and Administration of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore - Theodore J. Karamanski, 2000, United States Department of Interior )
Prairie
- Prairie Plants of the Midwest: Identification and Ecology - Russel R. Kirt, 2000, Stipes Publishing, ISBN: 0-87563-573-3
- Where the Sky Began, Land of the Tallgrass Prairie-John Madson, 1995, Iowa University Press, ISBN 0-8138-2515-6
Global Warming
Forests and Wetlands
- Miracle Under the Oaks, The Revival of Nature in America - William K. Stevens, 1995, Pocket Books, ISBN: 0-671-78045-X
- (The Sunflower Forest, Ecological Restoration and the New Communion with Nature, 2004, University of California Press, ISBN: 0-520-23320-4 )
Birds, West Nile Virus and Invasive Species
- A Birder's Guide to the Chicago Region - Lynne Carpenter and Joel Greenberg, Northern Illinois University Press, 1999, ISBN: 0-87580-582-5
Human Growth
- Nature's Metropolis, Chicago and the Great West - William Cronon, 1991,W. W. Norton, ISBN: 0-393-30873-1
Drainage (Rivers), Sewers, and Brownfields
- The Chicago River, a natural and unnatural history - Libby Hill, 2000, Lake Claremont Press, ISBN 1-893121-02-x
- The Chicago River, An Illustrated History and Guide to the River and Its Waterways, David M. Solzman, 1998, Wild Onion Books (Loyola Press), ISBN 0-8294-1023-6
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