This is a list of all documents accepted for permanent retention under the subject classification 'Natural resources and the environment: Ecology: Types of environments: Wetlands'.
Natural resources and the environment:
Ecology:
Types of environments:
Wetlands
Aquatic Resources: A Crossword Puzzle
Poster and teacher guide designed for use by Illinois teachers or parents. Correlated to Illinois Board of Education state standards.
Black Crowned Night-Herons of the Lake Calumet Region, Chicago, Illinois (37 2005, 3-4 August)
Irregularly published technical series. This volume consists of two issues: 37 3 , entitled "Nesting Ecology of Black-crowned Night-Herons at Lake Calumet Wetlands" and 37 4 , entitled "Population Trends in a Black-crowned Night-Heron Colony at Lake Calumet Wetlands" Volume 37 3 Partial Abstract: We examined the nesting ecology of a Blackcrowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax colony located at wetlands associated with Lake Calumet in south Cook County, Illinois,during the 2002 and 2003 nesting seasons. This area of southeastern Chicago has been greatly impacted by heavy industry, solid and chemical waste disposal, urbanization, and altered hydrology. Volume 37 4 Abstract: The number of active Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax nesting colonies in Illinois has declined significantly over the past century. Habitat loss/degradation and other factors such as exposure to environmental contaminants and competition for nest sites at established colonies may have contributed to this decline. In this study, we examined recent trends in population levels of Black-crowned Night-Herons nesting at wetlands associated with Lake Calumet in southeastern Chicago, Illinois. The number of Black-crowned Night-Herons nesting annually at these wetlands has fluctuated widely over the last two decades. Immigration of herons from riverine colonies may have driven population increases during the mid-1980s and early 1990s. However, this population has remained relatively stable at between 300 and 400 pairs during 19972003.
CP-38: State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) Restoring Grassland and Wetland Habitat in the Grand Prairie Natural Division
This brochure describes a targeted initiative for landowners aimed to bolster prairie and wetland wildlife such as pheasants, quail, waterfowl and songbirds. This initiative rolls out the new continuous Conservation Reserve Program practice called SAFE or CP38.
CP38: State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) Restoring Grassland and Wetland Habitat in the Southern Till Plain Natural Division
This brochure describes a targeted initiative for landowners aimed to bolster prairie and wetland wildlife such as prairie-chickens, quail, waterfowl and songbirds. This initiative rolls out the new continuous Conservation Reserve Program practice called SAFE or CP38.
Illinois Natural History Survey Report (2006, 389 Autumn)
Quarterly publication. This issue includes the following articles: Cache River Watershed; Illinois Natural History Survey Research Assists Restoration Efforts in the Cache River Watershed; Warblers Provide Link Between Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Biology; Molecular Phylogeny of Cuerna Leafhoppers Suggests Hybridization; A Cache Full of Activity; INHS Researcher to Be Inducted into Illinois Outdoor Hall of Fame; New INHS Publications; Species Spotlight: Jack-O-Lantern Mushroom; The Naturalist's Apprentice: Make a Mushroom Spore Print
Illinois Natural History Survey Reports (2007, 391 Spring)
Quarterly publication. This issue contains: Will the Emerging Bioeconomy Add to the Burden of Invasive Species Management?, The Black-crowned Night-Herons of Lake Calumet Part II: Foraging Ecology and Contaminant Exposure, Establishment of Historic Fish Communities to Restored Illinois River Floodplain Lakes, Endangered and Threatened Plant Species Database, Exploring the Potential Influence of Fish Diversity as a Determinant of Ecosystem Properties in Aquatic Food Webs, Species Spotlight: Spring Ephemerals, The Naturalist's Apprentice: Field Marks of Illinois Butterflies
Illinois Natural History Survey Special Publications {periodical start}
Irregularly published series focusing on specific Illinois natural history topics.
Spunky Bottoms Restoration of a Big-River Floodplain (29) [0888-9546]
Irregularly published series focusing on specific topics. The research presented in this volume provides an overview of the baseline data that were collected at The Nature Conservancys Spunky Bottoms restoration project between 19982003. These data are intended to form the foundation of our efforts to evaluate progress toward our restoration goal.
Thompson Lake/Emiquon Story: The Biology, Drainage, and Restoration of an Illinois River Bottomland Lake, The (25) [0888-9546]
Irregularly published series focusing on specific topics. Excerpt: Thompson Lake was the largest and most recognized bottomland lake in the Illinois River valley (Figure 1). The populations of avifauna, particularly waterfowl, and fishes that frequented and inhabited Thompson and adjoining Flag Lake attracted Native Americans, and later explorers, settlers, and tourists, to its shores. Nestled immediately north of the confluence of the Spoon and Illinois rivers in Fulton County, Thompson Lake was a biological paradise (Figure 2). The story of the fate of Thompson Lake is representative of many other bottomland lakes along the Illinois River and other large midwestern floodplains. The Thompson Lake story is unique, however, because of its centuries of fertility and productivity; the decades of controversy surrounding its public versus private ownership and whether it was navigable or could legally be drained; its importance to the local and regional economies for sustenance, income, recreation, and tourism; its drainage and subsequent development into the largest farm in the state; and the often contentious discussions concerning its reestablishment. Since 1986, there have been strong renewed interest and organized endeavors to restore Thompson Lake. As a result, this story is presented to coalesce the wealth of available information, to enhance wetland restoration efforts in the Illinois Valley, and to illustrate the lakes intriguing past, present, and future.
United States Steel Corporation v. Illinois Pollution Control Board [5-07-0285]
NO. 5-07-0285 In the Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District, UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD, ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, and AMERICAN BOTTOM CONSERVANCY, Respondents.