Hello everyone, I'm very happy to introduce myself here at NANF. I was referred here by a peer at the Chicago Aquatic Gardener's Association [CAGA] on yahoo; recently I've decided to build a native Illinois themed 70 gallon aquarium and was in need of some better information about native fishes and aquatic plants of Illinois. All I can say is thank you for the surplus of great information held here and all the help it has given me in my project.
Currently I am an ecology student at Joliet Junior College in Joliet, Illinois and a research assistant in Entomology at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle.
I'll see you all around the forums!