WHO IS INVOLVED IN THE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL PROJECT AGAINST PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE?
The project is a partnership between the Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS), Illinois Department of Natural Resources, the Forest Preserve Districts of Cook, Lake, DuPage and Kane Counties, the McHenry County Conservation District, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and several city park districts. The Illinois Natural History Survey grows the insects and provides them to the city, county or state agencies for release and monitoring. Financial support for this project has come primarily from the U. S. Army Corp of Engineers, with additional funding provided by many of the partnership organizations listed above.
