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PROGRAM INFORMATION

31st Natural Areas ConferenceEmerging Issues: Possibilities and PerilsOctober 13-16, 2004Holiday Inn Chicago Mart PlazaChicago, Illinois

The Natural Areas Conference Planning Team wishes to thank the following organizations for their support of this conference.Many of these organizations have exhibits on the 14th floor. Stop by and thank them for their support.

Conference HostsNatural Areas AssociationIllinois Nature Preserves CommissionIllinois Department of Natural Resources

Conference Co-hostsOffice of Continuing EducationUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Natural Land InstituteChristopher B. Burke Engineering, Limited.

Conference Benefactors($10,000+)Illinois Wildlife Preservation FundChicago WildernessU. S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management

Conference Underwriters ($5,000-$9,999)City of Chicago, Department of Environment U. S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources DivisionU. S. Forest ServiceU. S. National Park ServiceJohn G. Shedd Aquarium (in kind)Public Communication, Inc.

Conference Sponsors ($1,000-$4,999)Illinois Audubon SocietyMidewin National Tallgrass PrairieWestern Illinois UniversityLake County Forest Preserve DistrictForest Preserve District of Will CountyHey & AssociatesThe Nature Conservancy- Illinois ChapterU. S. Fish and Wildlife ServicePulte HomesU. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5 (in kind)V3 Consultants (in kind)

Conference Donors ($100-$999)SPACECO, IncMcGinty BrothersSave The Prairie SocietyACEC/ILProfessional Association of Conservation Resource ManagersIllinois Chapter, The Wildlife Society Bollinger, Lach and Associates Illinois Section, American Society of Consulting EngineersIllinois Native Plant SocietyDuPage County, Department of Development & EnvironmentalConcernsIllinois Chapter of the American Fisheries SocietyThe Nature Institute

This project was funded through a grant program supported by the USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area, State and Private Forestry, and the USFish & Wildlife Service, in support of Chicago Wilderness. USFWS and USFS grants of federal monies are administered by the IllinoisConservation Foundation.

The Planning Committee wishes to thank the staff of Conferences & Institutes, Office of Continuing Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for their guidance, knowledge and support in the development of this Natural Areas Conference. Without their serving as the professionalconference organizer, book keeping, negotiator and registrar, this conference could not have occurred. We would also like to thank The Holiday InnChicago Mart Plaza staff for their assistance and use of this Venue.

31st Natural Areas Conference

General Information

About the LogoThe Baltimore checkerspot butterfly (Euphydras phaeton phaeton) was chosen to be fea-tured on this year’s conference logo because of the relevant regional conservation issuesrepresented. The single host plant for this butterfly is the white turtlehead (Cheloneglabra) where the female lays it’s eggs on the underside of the leaf on which the larvafeed. The fate of the two are subsequently intertwined. The turtlehead prefers fens andcalcareous seeps where the highly mineralized, calcium rich groundwater sustains them.These environments, however, are adversely affected by surrounding land uses within aprogressively urban environment. In order to ensure the continued spring emergence ofthe butterfly, creative solutions are required to address these and other “Emerging Issues.”

Conference Hedaquarters (Pre-Function Area, Wolf Point Ballroom, 15th Floor)Please refer questions to any attendee wearing a “Host” ribbon or individuals at the conference headquarters. Urgent messages willbe posted there and a few copies of conference abstracts will also be available for reference. Complete abstracts are available onlinefor download at the conference website, www.conferences.uiuc.edu/NAA2004.

Name badgesPlease remember that name badges will be required to attend all of the conference events and don’t forget to please recycle yourused badge holder at the registration desk as you leave the conference.

Speakers Ready RoomA slide projector, screen, laptop and PowerPoint projector will be available throughout the conference in the Mark Beaubien Roomon the 16th floor for last minute review of your presentation.

Natural Area Association Booth (14th Floor)Hurry, to the Natural Areas Association booth and pick up this years ““limited edition” 2004 Conference T-Shirt” complete withboth the conference and the new NAA logos. These high quality, 100% cotton T’s will be available in either light yellow or jadegreen from size small to XX large and will be sold for $15. Limited quantities for the yellow and small and XX large will be avail-able so drop by early.

While you are there, be sure to pick up tickets for this year’s raffle. The Association is pleased to be raffling off a Digital CanonPowershot G5, 5-mega pixel camera. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to “Step Into the Wild” world of digital photography withthis award winning camera. Tickets are also available from any NAA board member. The drawing will be held at Friday’s banquet.The best thing about this prize is that it’s easy to ship home!

AuctionAs always, the live and silent auction will consist of donated items ranging from books to prints, from T-shirts to the infamousPrairie Fire. They will be displayed in the Sauganash Grand Ballroom during the Wednesday and Thursday of the conference andagain at the John G. Shedd Aquarium during Friday evenings banquet. Winning bidders are expected to pay for their items after theclose of bidding Friday night. All proceeds from the auction items support the work of the Natural Areas Association. If you haveitems to donate to the auction, please drop them by the Conference Headquarters.

Dining outExcept for the box lunch on conference field tripsand the banquet on Friday night, all meals are onyour own. The conference is in the River North Areaof Chicago and adjacent to numerous restaurants inall price ranges. Many have a unique Chicago atmos-phere, mingling jazz, excellent food and entertain-ment. In addition to numerous world class establish-ments where you can sample the original ChicagoStyle pizza, ribs, steaks and diverse ethnic fare, youcan also pick up a quick bite between sessions in afood court located across the street in theMerchandise Mart.

Emerging Issues: Possibilities and Perils

Welcome

On behalf of the hosts and the entire organ-izing committee, welcome to the 31stNatural Areas Conference in Chicago, thegreat crossroads of North America. Theconference theme: “Emerging Issues:Possibilities and Perils,” acknowledges thechanging nature of the protection and man-agement needs facing Natural Areas intoday’s world.

In Illinois, the home state of George B. Felland the region where much of the organizedeffort to protect nature began, we will exam-ine the direction the movement is taking.Chicago has a rich conservation history.Jens Jensen and Dwight Perkins argued in1904, to ring the city with natural lands tobe preserved for their “own sake and scien-tific value”. Chicago was the first Americancity with a comprehensive urban landuseplan developed by D. H. Burnham andEdward Bennett. These ideas ultimatelyresulted in the formation of the CookCounty Forest Preserve District in 1914.From their shared vision, planned and nur-tured over 100 years ago and along withsimilar efforts in the surrounding counties,has emerged a legacy of natural lands thatprovide the rich resources so important intoday’s restoration efforts. This legacy hasspawned many innovative ideas aimed atland preservation and stewardship, culminat-ing today in the internationally recognizedChicago Wilderness Coalition and theChicago Nature and Wildlife Plan. It is fit-ting that, in 2004 in this place, we continuethis open and important discussion with anincreasing emphasis on what we must do tosustain Natural Areas in our ever changinglandscapes.

As Natural Areas practitioners, the strategieswe employ evolved from the vision of thededicated people who attended the first natu-ral areas conference 31 years ago. Our suc-cesses today are either an outcome of orbenefit from previous actions. Keep this inmind as you attend the Preserve SystemDesign or Managing Urban Natural AreasSymposia. Look for today’s vision as youattend the Synergy of Invasive SpeciesProgram or the Using our Partners’ StrengthsSymposia. Successes today are built on theforesight and hard work of the past, so howwe deal with the Emerging Issues today willhave dramatic ramifications for the types ofissues we will address tomorrow. Lets planfor tomorrow’s successes today. Have aGreat Conference!

The NAC Planning Committee

Agenda of 2004Conference Events

Wednesday, 13 October8:00 am - Noon Natural Areas

Committee Meetings(14th Floor)

9:00 am ConferenceRegistration Opens(Pre-Function Area,Wolf Point Ballroom,15th Floor)

1:00 pm - 3:15 pm Conference Welcomeand Plenary Session (Sauganash Grand Ballroom, 14th

Floor)3:15 pm - 3:45 pm Break3:45 pm - 5:00 pm Keynote Address (Sauganash Grand Ballroom, 14th Floor)5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Welcoming Social (Sauganash Grand Ballroom, 14th Floor)6:30 pm - 7:15 pm Premier Screening of “Aldo Leopold and the Wild Prairie

Orchids” (Merchant Hotel, 14th Floor)Dinner on your own

Thursday, 14 OctoberBreakfast on your own7:30 am Conference Registration Opens8:00 am - 9:30 am Plenary Session (Sauganash Grand Ballroom, 14th Floor)10:00 am - 11:30 am Symposia and Contributed Paper Sessions (14th Floor) 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm Illinois Artisans Art Spree “Naturally” (Pre-Function Area,

Wolf Point Ballroom, 15th Floor)11:30 am - 1:00 pm Lunch on your own1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Symposia and Contributed Paper Sessions (14th Floor)1:00 pm - 3:00 pm National Association of Exotic Pest Plant Councils Annual

Meeting (Marquette Room, 16th Floor)5:00 pm - 6:00 pm NAA Membership Meeting (Western Stage House, 14th

Floor)5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Dinner on your own7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Poster Session and Social (In conjunction with the Art Spree

- Pre-Function Area, Wolf Point Ballroom, 15th Floor)

Friday, 15 OctoberBreakfast on your own6:30 am Conference Registration Opens7:00 am - 5:00 pm Field Trips (Lunch provided on all trips)6:00 pm - 6:30 pm Travel to John G. Shedd Aquarium (buses available)7:00 pm - 10:30 pm Awards Ceremony, Banquet, Live and Silent Auctions10:30 pm - 11:00 pm Buses available for transportation back to the Hotel

Saturday, 16 OctoberBreakfast on your own7:30 am Conference Registration Opens8:00 am - 9:30 am Plenary Session (Sauganash Grand Ballroom, 14th Floor)10:00 am - 11:30 am Symposia and Contributed Paper Sessions (14th Floor)10:00 am - 5:00 pm Volunteer Stewardship Network Poster Display (Pre-

Function Area, Wolf Point Ballroom, 15th Floor)11:30 am - 1:00 pm Lunch on your own1st Annual Meeting of the Midwest Invasive Species Network (Marquette Room,

16th Floor)1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Symposia and Contributed Paper Sessions (14th Floor)2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Volunteer Stewardship Network Roundtable (Marquette

Room, 16th Floor)


Wednesday, October 13th

Welcome and Plenary Session (Sauganash Grand Ballroom, 14th Floor)

1:00 pm Welcome and Opening Remarks for the 31st Natural AreasConference

J. Ralph Jordan, President Harry Drucker, ChairNatural Areas Association Illinois Nature Preserves Commission

Joel Brunsvold, Director (Invited) The Honorable Governor Rod BlagojevichIllinois Department of Natural Resources State of Illinois (Invited)

Plenary Addresses

1:45 pm Welcome / Chicago Nature and Wildlife PlanThe Honorable Mayor Richard J. Daily (Invited)

2:15 pm Natural History of the Chicago RegionJoel Greenberg

Keynote Address3:45 pm Natural Areas in Time and Place

Eric T. Freyfogle, Max L. Rowe Professor of Law at theUniversity of Illinois College of Law

Welcome Social (Sauganash Grand Ballroom, 14th Floor)5:00 pm Reacquaint yourself with old friendships, meet, greet and start

new ones and help us to celebrate the return of the NaturalAreas Conference to Illinois with this informal social eventthat is intended to “get your evening started.” Cash bar avail-able.

Premier Screening of “Aldo Leopold and the Wild Prairie Orchids.”(Merchant Hotel)6:30 pm A 45 minute video documentary produced by Chuck

Johannsen. The story of Professor Leopold at Faville Grove:the beginning of prairie preservation. The video also touchesupon the beginnings of prairie restoration: the public prairieplantings at the UW arboretum, and the Leopold family proj-ect at “the shack.”

Thursday, October 14th

Plenary Addresses (Sauganash Grand Ballroom, 14th Floor)

8:00 am Building a constituency for Natural Area protectionJonathan Goldman, Executive Director - IllinoisEnvironmental Council

8:30 am Emerging and resurging diseases: Fighting the fireLeslie Dierauf, Director, National Wildlife Health Center

9:00 am The tragedy of fragmentation: A conservation landscapefor the United StatesJ. Michael Scott, U. S. Geological Survey, BiologicalResources Division


Perils of Emerging Diseases in Natural Areas (Sauganash Grand Ballroom East)Emerging diseases of plants and animals are often associated with concerns for the health ofhumans and ecosystems, can require public education, and can influence how natural areas aremanaged. Symposium speakers will describe and discuss emerging and resurging diseaseconditions of plants and animals that are important to natural area managers (including ashand pine decline, emerald ash borer, amphibian decline, West Nile virus, chronic wasting dis-ease) from local, federal and global perspectives.

Preserve System Design Symposium (Sauganash Grand Ballroom West)Sponsored by the NAA Management and Technology Development Committee. Viability ofthe preserve systems that are being created throughout the world is critical. This symposiumwill focus on preserve design at all scales and will emphasize the ecological context and long-term viability as indicators of successful conservation efforts. Guest speakers and panelistswill address preserve system design issues including eco-regional planning, ecological con-text, biological corridors, reserve design scope and scale (large vs. small) and economic feasi-bility. “Are theoretical preserve systems designs realistic socially and economically?” Join us in investigating some of these key con-servation challenges.

Adaptive Management at Lockport Prairie (Western sStage House, 1:00 - 5:00)Lockport Prairie Nature Preserve has the largest acreage of high quality dolomite prairie in Illinois, and harbors thirteen federal orstate listed species. Studies of the hydrology, soils, plant community, and the federally listed Hine’s emerald dragonfly were under-taken to help design potential hydrologic restoration solutions that improve plant community quality and breeding habitat for the list-ed species, but avoid impacts to other listed species. Hydrologic monitoring results indicate the groundwater supply that supportsthese species is seriously threatened. Each presentation in this symposium provides a piece of the LPNP story, and will concludewith the challenges for maintaining LPNP’s ecological sustainability.

Federal Natural Areas Programs (The Bull’s Head)This symposium will review several different natural area designations used by federal land management agencies, includingResearch Natural Areas, National Natural Landmarks, Wilderness Areas, and Areas of Critical Environmental Concern. The status offederal natural areas programs in different regions of the U. S. will be discussed. The session will emphasize current stewardshipand administrative issues from a federal perspective. Papers will also be offered to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the landmarkWilderness Act. The symposium will be followed by a panel discussion, to answer your questions about these topics; this panel willconclude with a round of “Wilderness Trivia.”

Landowner Contact Workshop (Lake House)Whether your job focuses on management, research, or preservation, at some time you need to talk to the landowner! Here’s achance to learn the skills to do this part of your job more effectively. These sessions will have something for everyone from thebasics, such as how to find out who the landowner is, to more advanced information for the landowner contact professional. Thesesessions will help the group think about emerging issues for the future and how to deal with them. We will also share “lessons fromstories” for solving real life problems encountered.

Illinois Artisans Program Art Spree “Naturally” (Pre-Function Area, Wolf Point Ballroom, 15th Floor, Noon - 8:00 pm)The Illinois Artisans Program, administered by the Illinois State Museum, focuses national attention on the rich heritage of the bestdesigned and crafted traditional, contemporary, ethnic and folk art that exists in Illinois today. The artists will use their expertise intheir medium to create exciting interpretations of nature, which will be the under riding theme of the spree. Media will include ster-ling silver, ceramics, fiber, photography, wood and stone. Pieces will be offered for sale to conference attendees and the general pub-lic. Please join us for an experience that will peak your senses and showcase the talented artisans of Illinois.

National Association of Exotic Pest Plant Councils Annual Meeting (Marquette Room, 16th Floor, 1:00 - 3:00 pm)EPPC and Invasive Plant Council representatives will be convening at the National Association of Exotic Pest Plant Councils annualmeeting. The focus of the meeting will be to establish organization structure as a 501(C)(3) and plan NAEPPC participation at theupcoming 2005 Weeds Awareness Week. The meeting is also open to others who are interested in EPPC.

Natural Areas Association Annual Meeting (Western Stage House, 5:00 pm)Come and find out what the Association has been doing. Find out about future meetings and the current state of the Natural AreasJournal. Participate in the election of Natural Areas Association Board Members and Officers (Vice President and Treasurer) andapprove the operating budget. Volunteer to help out. Give input to your Association.

Poster Session, Evening Social and Art Spree (Pre-Function Area, Wolf Point Ballroom, 15th Floor)Posters will be displayed throughout the conference in the Wolf Point Ballroom. However, authors will be present with their papersduring this time to answer questions about their work. Student Papers will be judged for the first ever Natural Areas ConferenceStudent Poster Award, winners to be presented at the banquet on Friday night. Several local authors will have signed copies of theirworks available for sale. The Poster Session is in conjunction with the Evening Social and the Illinois Artisan Program’s Art SpreeNaturally! Cash bar available.


Friday, October 15th

7:15 am - 9:30 am Field Trip Check In.Field trip participants will need to check in 15 minutes prior to departure. Location ofCheck In will be announced prior to October 15. Box lunches will be available at thetime of Check In. Please pick up your lunch and take it with you on your trip. Fieldtrips will take place rain or shine. All field trips will return by 5:00 pm. Remember tohave fun!

(Refer to your conference packet for field trip assignments and site specific infor-mation)

Departure Destination7:30 am Creative Solutions for Open Space7:30 am Fens: More than “Peat with Calcareous Seepage”7:30 am Middlefork Savanna/MacArthur Woods 7:30 am Prairie Restoration in Kane County 8:00 am Chicago River Canoe Trip8:00 am Dolomite Prairie Tour8:00 am Fox River Canoe Trip8:00 am Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana8:00 am Lake Front Bike Tour8:00 am Pratt’s Wayne Woods Forest Preserve 8:30 am Lake Renwick Heron Rookery Nature Preserve8:30 am Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio Architecture

Tour

2004 Banquet at the John G. Shedd AquariumFriday evening’s banquet will be at the Shedd Aquarium, beautifully situated on the shores of Lake Michigan. The John G. SheddAquarium is the world’s largest indoor aquarium with nearly 19,000 aquatic animals representing 650 species of fishes, reptiles,amphibians, invertebrates, birds and mammals from waters around the world.

To take conference-provided buses, please meet in the hotel lobby at 6:00 pm. Buses will leave the hotel from 6:00 – 6:30 pm. Thelast bus will leave the hotel at 6:30 pm. If you are making your own travel arrangements to the Shedd Aquarium, please enterthrough the south doors (Group Entry Plaza) at 6:45 pm.

Our evening at the Shedd Aquarium begins at 6:45 pm in the Oceanarium viewing beluga whales, Alaska sea otters and Pacificwhite-sided dolphins. Large windows in the underwater viewing gallery of the Oceanarium offer guests face-to-face encounterswith the whales and dolphins. Our group will assemble in the amphitheater at 7:15 pm for presentations of the Natural AreasAssociation’s Stewardship Award and the George B. Fell Award. Arthur Pearson, George B. Fell biographer, will present a briefoverview of George B. Fell’s 45-year conservation career that began with the founding of The Naure Conservancy and let to writinglegislation for the Illinois Nature Preserves System and the start-up of the Natural Areas Association and the Natural Land Institute.

At 8:00 pm we will move into the original Aquarium for a strolling buffet of carving and pasta stations, which will be open until9:30 pm. The “Wild Reef – Sharks at the Shedd” exhibit will be available from 8:00 pm until 9:00 pm. The Wild Reef, eight yearsin the making, opened in 2003. We have the opportunity to explore a Philippine coral reef, the most diverse underwater ecosystemin the world. We will get a glimpse of island life through this multi-sensory, interactive exhibit of 26 interconnected habitats, 25sharks, and the largest public display of live corals in the Midwest.

A narrated fish-feeding presentation will take place in the Caribbean Reef Rotunda from 9:15 – 9:30 pm. Self-guided viewing ofthe aquarium’s freshwater and saltwater exhibits and “Amazon Rising: Seasons of the River” are also available throughout theevening.

The Natural Areas Association’s annual silent auction will be open for bidding in the main foyer at 8:00 pm until it closes at 10:00pm. Our evening will conclude with the Shedd’s dessert buffet and NAA’s live auction in the main foyer at 10:00 pm. Buses willdepart from the Shedd from 10:30 – 11:00 p.m.

Departure Destination8:30 am Illinois Beach State Park8:30 am Clark and Pine Nature Preserve, Indiana8:30 am Cranberry Slough/Spears Woods8:30 am Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie9:00 am River Boat Architectural Tour of Chicago9:00 am Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve9:00 am Indian Boundary Prairies9:30 am Chicago Center for Green Technology9:30 am Preserving, Improving and Creating Natural Areas:

Economic and Environmental Revitalization of theCalumet Region of Chicago

9:45 am Field Museum: A Look Behind the Scenes

Saturday, October 16th.

Plenary Addresses (Sauganash Grand Ballroom, 14th Floor)

8:00 am Merging Protection and StewardshipBrook MacDonald, Executive Director, The Conservation Foundation

8:30 am Volunteers: The core of the culture that makes ambitious nature conservationand Chicago Wilderness workStephen Packard, Director, Audubon - Chicago Region

9:00 am Communicating NatureMichael Jeffords, Illinois Natural History Survey

Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: Managing Urban Natural Areas (Sauganash GrandBallroom West)Increasingly, management of publicly owned natural areas is occurring at the local level, instead of the federal or state level. Thissymposium will look at how natural areas are managed in urban environments, from large cities like Chicago, to smaller communi-ties across the nation. We’ll hear about a variety of approaches and issues, success stories and failures, and look for common themesthat tie us all together. Costs for this symposium are underwritten by the City of Chicago, Department of the Environment.

Using our Partners’ Strengths to Succeed as Natural Area Practitioners (Sauganash Grand Ballroom East)This symposium will highlight the strengths of private organizations and public agencies in their mutual efforts in accomplishingprivate and public land protection. Focus will be on how each group can help the other to become more effective.

Educating About Nature (Steamboat Hotel)The task of educating about nature and natural systems is becoming ever more important as each generation becomes furtherremoved from contact with the natural world. This symposium will explore some of the diverse ways educators are using everythingfrom Bioblitzes to Biocontrol to provide significant educational experiences for all citizens.

The Synergy of Invasive Species Programs and their Potential (Western Stage House)No Natural Areas Conference would be complete without a discussion on exotic species. This symposium will include talks onEarly Warning and Rapid Response programs, Coordination among Multiple Groups and/or agencies for targeted approaches, tech-niques of prevention, watershed scale control measures as well as specific talks on the management and control of exotic plants.

Preserve System Design Symposium (Merchant Hotel, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm)This is a continuation of the discussion started at Thursday’s Symposia (see Thursday for description). Sponsored by the NAAManagement and Technology Development Committee.

Volunteer Stewardship Network Displays (Pre-Function Area, Wolf Point Ballroom, 15th Floor, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm)Volunteer groups will present displays of their activities all day Saturday in the Wolf Point Room. This will be a chance for partici-pants in the conference to see the efforts of Illinois’ premier volunteer stewardship groups.

First annual meeting of the Midwest Invasive Plant Network (Marquette Room, 16th Floor, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm) Everybody interested in coordinating invasive plant efforts across state lines in the Midwest is welcome. You will have ampleopportunity to provide input on the direction MIPN takes and input on the projects we take on.

Volunteer Stewardship Network Roundtable (Marquette Room, 16th Floor, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm)Join us for a roundtable hosted by the Volunteer Stewardship Network (VSN). This roundtable will be an opportunity to meet volun-teers who are doing stewardship at natural areas across Illinois and will include an update on what is happening within the Networkand an informal discussion of invasive species including control and management techniques.



Sauganash West

Symposium: Preserves System Design.Moderator: Peter Colverson

Identifying and protecting ecological net-works in the southeastern United States. TomHoctor, Margaret Carr, and Paul Zwick

Reserve design as a tool to evaluate a largescale acquisition process: F-tract and theFlorida Forever Program. John Oetting (withAmy L. Knight and Gary R. Knight)

Science, politics, opportunism, and the emer-gent geography of conservation in California.Frank Davis

Symposium: Preserves System Design.Moderator: Vickie Larson

How much is enough? A review of nomen-clature targets and architecture of conserva-tion planning. Leona K. Svancara, ReeBrannon, J. Michael Scott, Craig R. Groves,Reed F. Noss and Robert L. Pressey

Thinking globally, acting locally: Definingglobal priorities for viable and representativepreserve systems. Jonathan M. Hoekstra

Conservation for the future: A vision withgrass roots. John F. Organ

Symposium: Preserves System Design.Moderator: Peter Colverson and VickieLarson

Panel Discussion: The invited speakers fromthe day’s symposium, along with plenaryspeaker J. Michael Scott, will convene in amoderated panel discussion regarding theissues and challenges related to preserve sys-tem design. These issues include planning,system viability, and economic feasibility, aswell as the social, cultural, and legal instru-ments necessary for these systems to persist inperpetuity. Attendees will be encouraged toask questions (in writing or verbally) andshare issues with the panel. Door prizes willbe offered to participants. Some key ques-tions will include: ”Are theoretical preservesystems designs realistic socially and econom-ically?”, “Can viability be predicted for anyproject?”, “Should viability be used to guidedecisions about the allocation of financialresources?”. Please attend, share, and learnfrom these talented guests.

Thursday, October 14th: Schedule of Presentations 31st Natural Areas Conference

Sauganash East

Symposium: Perils of Emerging Diseases inNatural Areas. Moderator: Dan Ludwig

Global ecological change and human andzoonotic disease emergence. Jonathan A.Patz

Ecology and epidemiology of wildlife dis-eases. Nohra E. Mateus-Pinilla

Emerging diseases: The USDA-APHISWildlife Services perspective. Jane M.Weiskittel

Lunch

Symposium: Perils of Emerging Diseases inNatural Areas. Moderator: Joe Kath

Status of chronic wasting disease in Illinois’White-tailed deer population. Paul Shelton

West Nile Virus: The mosquito and thewildlife component. Robert J. Novak

West Nile Virus: Epidemiology and publichealth response. Linn David Harmis

Amphibians as sentinels of environmentalquality and change, and amphibian populationdeclines. Kathryn A. Converse and D. EarlGreen

Symposium: Perils of Emerging Diseases inNatural Areas. Moderator: Dan Ludwig

The international trade in wildlife: Diseaseand conservation issues. Tonie E. Rocke, F.Joshua Dein and Milton Friend

Ash and Pine decline in Illinois. Jim Appleby

Emerging diseases of forest trees. Manfred E.Mielke

Emerald Ash Borer: Northeastern Illinois’monitoring program. Thomas E. Dilley

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Merchant Hotel

Contributed Papers: Grassland andSavanna Restoration. Moderator: Dan Dirk

Remnant dune and swale restoration in LakeCounty, Indiana. Nicole M. Kalkbrenner

Rotational grazing of Scottish Highland cat-tle for shrub management in oak savannarestoration. John A. Harrington and EmilyKathol

Seed dispersal by birds and woodyencroachment of sand prairie. Dan Wenny,Joan Harmet and Randy Nyboer

Contributed Papers: Grassland and SavannaRestoration. Moderator:

Relationship between fire frequency andlong-term changes in eastern tallgrass prairievegetation. Marlin Bowles and MichaelJones

Chicago Wilderness proposed seed philoso-phy and guidelines. Laurel M. Ross

Establishment and persistence of prairiespecies at varying seeding densities. AmyMartin, John Harrington, and Steve Swenson

Screening Festuca paradoxa and other nativecool season grasses for native plantings.Nadia Navarrete-Tindall, Larry Mechlin andJ.W. Van Sambeek

Contributed Papers: Grassland and SavannaRestoration. Moderator: Jennifer Filipiak

Prairie on the move: Salvaging doomedprairie vegetation by relocating sods inArkansas and Illinois. Theo Witsell, andMary Ochsenschlager

Creating large prairie restorations that workfor grassland birds. John Elliott and JudyPollock

The restoration of denuded natural grazingareas in the Nama Karoo of South Africa:An evaluation of different techniques.Nelmarié Visser and Johannes C. Botha

Success with low-labor, low-disturbancemethods on 15 large private restorations.George D. Johnson


Steamboat Hotel

Contributed Papers: Plant CommunityMonitoring. Moderator: Diane Tecic

Testing the efficacy of species richness andfloristic quality assessment of quality, tempo-ral change, and fire effects on prairie naturalareas. Marlin Bowles and Michael Jones

Implications of sampling dates for floristicinventories. Barbara A. Johnson

The synecological cohesion rapid assessmentmethod (SCRAM). John J. Sabuco

Contributed Papers: Plant CommunityMonitoring. Moderator: Ken Klick

The Chicago Wilderness woods audit. KarenGlennemeier

Twenty-five years of tree demographychanges in DuPage County, Illinois wood-lands. Scott N. Kobal, Wayne A. Lampa andErik M. Neidy

The vegetation of Mount Forest Island and itsrecent collapse of plant diversity. DennisNyberg

Groundlayer vegetation gradients across oakwoodland canopy gaps. Noel B. Pavlovic andRalph Grunde

Contributed Papers: Plant CommunityMonitoring. Moderator: Todd Bittner

Pre-European settlement vegetation of theChicago Region. Jenny McBride and MarlinBowles

Analysis of historical vegetation patterns inthe eastern portion of the Illinois LesserShawnee Hills, USA. Suzanne L. Jones andRoger C. Anderson

The lichen flora of the Will County ForestPreserves, Will County, Illinois. Richard D.Hyerczyk

Rare, threatened, and endangered plantspecies survey at two forest preserve proper-ties near Braidwood, Illinois. Scott A.Namestnik and Nicole M. Kalkbrenner

Emerging Issues: Possibilities and Perils Thursday, October 14th: Schedule of Presentations

American House

Contributed Papers: Animal SpeciesConservation. Moderator: Vernon LaGesse

Avian population responses to restoration in asuburban landscape. Scott M. Meister, CindyHedges and Rachel A. Reklau

Evaluating conservation value of avian com-munities along a gradient of degraded oaksavanna. Ralph Grundel and Noel B. Pavlovic

The role of protected areas in the conserva-tion of avifauna on the Daurian Steppe,Mongolia. Will Wilson and Julie Rosenthal

Lunch

Contributed Papers: Animal SpeciesConservation. Moderator: Mary KaySolecki

Habitat associations, faunal change, and therelevance of Lepidoptera towards understand-ing conservation priorities on the southern NewEngland sandplain. Paul Z. Goldstein, LloydRaleigh, Tim Simmons and Michael Nelson

Little bluestem and violet populations at SandRidge State Forest, Mason County Illinois:Implications for rare butterfly survival.Vernon LaGesse, William McClain, CharleneFalco and James Wiker

Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)recovery program in DuPage County, Illinois.Daniel Thompson, Rose Augustine, SandyWoltman, Karen Higgs, and Colleen Pawlicki

Ecology of the ornate box turtle (Terrapeneornata) in a Northwest Illinois sand prairie.Randy W. Nyboer

Contributed Papers: Animal SpeciesConservation. Moderator: Scott Ballard

Lake Renwick Heron Rookery Nature Preservenesting island remediation. David Robson

Home range and movement of the EasternMassasauga from the Lake Carlyle Region,Clinton County, Illinois. Michael J. Dreslik,Christopher A Phillips, and Donald B. Shepard

Endangered species advocacy: Franklin’sground squirrel, a case study. Oliver R. W.Pergams and Dennis W. Nyberg

Tiger conservation in India - present scenario.Netrapal S. Chauhan

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Contributed Papers: Encompassing theHuman Aspect in Natural AreaStewardship. Moderator: Jim Anderson

Charting the course for the 21st Century -ecological needs assessment of the ForestPreserve District of Cook County. DeborahAntlitz

Restoring urban natural areas: “Wicked”policy conflicts in San Francisco. Paul H.Gobster

Restoration in an urban environment: RockRun Greenway. Floyd Catchpole

Contributed Papers: Encompassing theHuman Aspect in Natural AreaStewardship. Moderator:

Prescription burning within the ForestPreserve District of Cook County. JohnMcCabe and John E. Raudenbush

Management of tidal freshwater marshesalong the U.S. Southeast coast. Daniel L.Tufford, B. Joseph Kelley, James T. Morris

Identifying and managing archaeologicalresources at Natural Land Institute’s NygrenWetland Preserve. Sara L. Pfannkuche andRochelle Lurie

Past, present and future: Natural areaspreservation and the Coffee Creek WatershedConservancy, Inc. Steven B. Barker

Contributed Papers: Encompassing theHuman Aspect in Natural AreaStewardship. Moderator:

Morgan Shoal Natural Area: Successful pub-lic participation for an urban habitat creationproject. Mark R. Wagstaff and Vasile Jurca

Joliets’ Autobahn race course keeps conser-vation on track: A rare opportunity toincrease natural areas within a rapidlyurbanizing area. Rick K Suttle

Fort Ridgley State Park golf course redesign:Natural areas restoration opportunities andchallenges at a historic civil war era battle site inSouth-Central Minnesota. Paul J. Bockenstedt

Case study: Frankfort Prairie Park -nativelandscaping and restoration management inmunicipal parks and residential develop-ment, Frankfort, Illinois. Clayton Wooldridge


Lake House

Landowner Contact Workshop:Landowner Contact for the Natural AreaBiologist. Moderator: Brian Reilly

Skills Building Workshop: Have you everbeen in a high-quality forest or prairie andwondered who owns it, or have said to your-self " Someone should contact the ownerabout preserving it?” If you have, you shouldattend this session. This workshop will cover:how to find property owners, how to do back-ground work before a visit, how to initiatecontact, some do's and don'ts for landownervisits, and provide some good tips once yourfoot is in the door.

Panelists include:Mary Kay Solecki, Dan Lobbes

Landowner Contact Workshop: EmergingIssues in Land Protection. Moderator: JudyFaulkner Dempsey

Enhancing Possibilities and OvercomingPerils. This Skills Building Workshop isdesigned for the new landowner contactrecruit or the seasoned professional. As socie-ty has changed, so has the face of land protec-tion. Perils: the next generation of landown-ers, threats-are they really preserved?, exotics,development encroachment, ATV’s, equestrianissues, politics, and educating the public.Possibilities: focal areas of preservation, usingdevelopment projects to your benefit, greateragency coordination, neighbor and volunteerinvolvement, and a wider range of programs.

Panelists include:Yu Man Lee, Deb Newman, Kim Shannon,Steven Byers

Landowner Contact Workshop: LessonsFrom Stories on Land Protection.Moderator: Deb Newman

The presenters of this Skills BuildingWorkshop are YOU! Here we will all teachand learn from sharing stories that exemplifyvarious land preservation techniques and prin-ciples. Stories can often illustrate a principlein an emphatic, memorable, and enjoyableway. Skills necessary for negotiating varioustypes of land preservation, both formal andinformal will be learned...all through the useof Stories. Come ready to tell your landownercontact/land preservation story and the lessonyou learned from your experience in land pro-tection.(Story Time will be limited by thenumber of participants, so all will have achance to speak) Come join this perenniallypopular format of learning.

Thursday, October 14th: Schedule of Presentations 31st Natural Areas Conference

Western Stage House

Contributed Papers: AnimalReintroductions. Moderator: Randy Nyboer

Bring them back alive: The return of theswamp metalmark butterfly to Illinois. DougTaron

Eastern woodrat reintroduction and transloca-tion in Southern Illinois. Brian Novosak, TimCarter, Aaron Poole, Brad Steffen, andGeorge Feldhamer

Reintroduction of the Golden lion tamarin(Leontopithecus rosalia) as a tool to thespecies and its habitat conservatiuon: TheAtlantic forest, Brazil. Denise MarçalRambaldi, Andréia Martins, Rosan ValterFernandes

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Symposium: Adaptive Management atLockport Prairie. Moderator: Jeff Mengler

Lockport Prairie Nature Preserve - anoverview of 20 years of Natural Area restora-tion and new threats to ecosystem stability.Marcella DeMauro

Life history and ecology of the Hine’s emer-ald dragonfly: What a Federally-listedEndangered Species can tell us about the con-servation of wetlands. Daniel A. Soluk

Using digital temperature loggers to assessstreamlet drying at Lockport Prairie: A newtool for quantifying wetland hydrology. KristiMoss, John D. Hoekstra and Daniel A. Soluk

Status and management of the state endan-gered spotted turtle in the lower Des Plainesvalley. David Mauger and Thomas P. Wilson

Symposium: Adaptive Management atLockport Prairie. Moderator: MarcellaDeMauro

Status and population trends of the FederalEndangered Leafy prairie clover, LockportPrairie Nature Preserve. Rebecca Key

Gap analysis - a systems approach for inte-grated scientific and jurisdictional analysisand decision making for complex natural sys-tems. Dominic Kempson

Lockport Prairie Nature Preserve: Land useimpacts on aquifer systems and the implica-tions on the sustainability of ecosystems.Brentt P. Michalek

Implications for the sustainability of LockportPrairie Nature Preserve as a high qualityNatural Area. Marcella DeMauro

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The Bull’s Head

Symposium: Federal Natural AreasPrograms. Moderator: J. Stephen Shelly

Research Natural Areas in the USDA ForestService: Status, issues, and opportunities. J.Stephen Shelly

The role of Research Natural Areas inNational Forest management: Perspectivesfrom the Eastern Region. Don Meyer

Fire, water, and four-wheelin’:Contemporary issues in California RNAmanagement. Hugh Safford and ConnieMillar

Symposium: Federal Natural AreasPrograms. Moderator: J. Stephen Shelly

The role of Natural Areas in National ForestPlans: A case study from the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Wisconsin. LindaParker

The National Natural Landmarks Program:Crafting a conservation program to meetchanging needs. Margaret Brooks

Symposium: Federal Natural AreasPrograms. Moderator: Eric Finstick

Wilderness and other Natural AreaDesignations in the BLM. Eric Finstick

Mapping wildness: Assessing future wilder-ness potential. Greg Aplet

Economics of Wilderness. Pete Morton

Wilderness and the Southern RockiesEcosystem Project. Vera Smith

Symposium: Federal Natural AreasPrograms. Moderators: Eric Finstick andJ. Stephen Shelly

Panel Discussion: A open discussion of federalNatural Areas program issues. Potential dis-cussion topics include: collaboration betweenfederal, state, and local Natural Area programs,and the future political climate for Wildernessdesignation. The panel will conclude with around of "Wilderness Trivia."


Emerging Issues: Possibilities and Perils Thursday, October 14th: Schedule of Presentations

Low allozyme diversity in small popula-tions of a commercially valuable plant,American ginseng. M. Rebecca Andersonand Sabine S. Loew

The effects of anthropogenic disturbanceand sub-canopy vegetation on foragingactivity in bats. Juanita K. Armstrong, JohnYunger and Stan Gehrt

Timber rattlesnake and habitat protection inIllinois: Guidelines to follow. Scott R.Ballard

Seeds of success: Ex situ conservation ofnative prairie plants. Rachel Cook, HeatherLynn Lindon, and Kayri Havens

Can habitat measurements predict beaverabundance on Illinois rivers? Daniel R.Cox and Thomas A. Nelson*

Progress update: Indiana purple loosestrifebiological control. John Ervin, RichardDunbar, Josh Grubaugh and Nathan Simons

Status of kudzu in Illinois: Building aframework for eradication. Terry L. Esker,J. Shimp, W. E. McClain, B. Edgin, J.Ebinger, and A. Young

Population dynamics and habitat analysis ofrare species, Trifolium reflexum, in thenorthern portion of its range. Kari M.Foster, Beth A. Middleton and SedoniaSipes*

Indian Creek Re-Meandering and NaturalChannel Design. Ted R. Gray

Improving urban ecosystems for thewildlife. Simón Guerrero

Reverse fertilization reduces soil nitrate,does not affect species composition in tall-grass prairie. Erin L. Haase and Dennis W.Nyberg*

Initial establishment of native trees andshrubs in a reed canary grass monoculture.Stephen M. Hovick*

The research committee of the MidwestInvasive Plant Network (MIPN): A quest tocollect and collate research being conductedon invasive plants throughout theMidwestern United States. Lara Jefferson,Marcello Pennacchio and Kayri Havens

Illinois Natural Heritage Database:Tracking Natural Areas and other resourcesin Illinois. Tara Gibbs Kieninger

Poster Session Thursday, October 14th: 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Developing a U.S. national invasive plantlist: Initial results. Terri Killeffer

Proliferation of common buckthorn(Rhamnus cathartica) in Midwestern wet-lands. Jessica S. Kurylo

Forest fragmentation and the increase ofwoody vines in temperate Wisconsinforests. Ron A. Londré and Stefan A.Schnitzer*

Fourteen years of monitoring white-taileddeer impacts on herbaceous vegetation atWaterfall Glen Forest Preserve, DupageCounty Illinois. Daniel R. Ludwig, Scott N.Kobal, and Rachel A. Reklau

Influence of lakeshore development alongLake Superior on breeding bird and smallmammal diversity. Michelle T. Manarolla ,David J. Flaspohler*”

The Midwest Invasive Plant Network(MIPN): A new regional group for invasiveplants in the Midwest. Anne Mankowski

Plants of concern: Volunteers monitor rarespecies in a standardized regional program(Northeast Illinois). Susanne Masi andLailah Reich

Relationships among area, isolation, sitequality, and plant species composition inforested wetlands. Jeffrey W. Matthews,Paul A. Tessene, Scott M. Wiesbrook andBradley W. Zercher

An early detection and rapid response net-work to limit the spread of new invasiveexotic species in the Chicago Wildernessregion. Debbie A. Mauer, Karen L. Billo,and Ed DeWalt

Illinois Rare Plant Task Force. Patti Reilly,John Wilker, Todd Bittner, and BenDolbeare

The role of protected areas in conservingrare heritage breeds of livestock in inneraisia. Julie Rosenthal

Prescribed fire benefits rare species viabili-ty in several Florida plant communities.Jodi L. Slapcinsky, Doria R. Gordon, AlisonHiggins, B. Pace-Aldana, and Greg Seamon

Effects of prescribed fire and leaf litterremoval on a population of Collinsia vio-lacea (Scrophulariaceae), an endangeredspecies in Illinois. Eric L. Smith and JohnB. Taft

Restoration goals for the ecological struc-ture and composition of vegetation of adegraded sand prairie. Amy J. Symstad

The impacts of mountain biking on wildlifeand people–a review of the literature.Michael J. Vandeman

Effects of light intensity and plant growthregulators on the propagation of Pattersonbindweed (Stylisma pickeringii) by cuttings.Kristopher R. Vander Meer, and Janice M.Coons*

Range expansion of the Eurasian collared-dove in Illinois. Jeff W. Walk, Terry L.Esker and Amy J. Young

Effects of mowing time and frequency onreproductive success of cut-leaved teasel.Robert N. Wiedenman and Susan Post

Effects of seed dispersal and patch growthof teasel (Dipsacus laciniatus). Robert N.Wiedenman and Susan Post

Invasion and displacement of native vegeta-tion by Rhamnus cathartica: toward amechanistic understanding. Jennifer M.Winkelmann, Gretchen Meyer, JamesReinartz and Stefan A. Schnitzer*

* Indicates that the poster is eligible for the1st Annual Student Poster Award to be pre-sented at the Banquet on Friday evening.Stop by and give the students some encour-agement.

The Poster session will be held in conjunction with the Illinois Artisans Art Spree “Naturally” and an evening Social on Thursday, October14th in the Wolf Point Ballroom, 15th Floor.


Sauganash West

Symposium: Thinking Globally, ActingLocally: Managing Urban Natural Areas.Moderator: Geoff Bradley

San Francisco CA - Natural Areas in SanFrancisco: Coping with what is left. LisaWayne

Eugene OR - Natural resource management inthe West Eugene Wetlands. Trevor Taylor

Boulder CO - Preserving Natural Areas andurban quality of life in Boulder. Lynn Riedel

Symposium: Thinking Globally, ActingLocally: Managing Urban Natural Areas.Moderator: Lynn Riedel

Bellevue WA - Open space management inBellevue: An ecosystem approach. GeoffBradley

St. Charles IL - Natural Areas in St. Charles.Mary Ochsenschlager

Toronto ON - City of Toronto parkland andravine restoration. Cara Webster

Ann Arbor MI - Rallying the troops in AnnArbor. Dave Borneman

Symposium: Thinking Globally, ActingLocally: Managing Urban Natural Areas.Moderator: Dave Borneman

Indianapolis IN - Land stewardship of parksand greenways in Indianapolis. Don Miller

Madison WI - Madison’s conservation parks.Russ Hefty

Miami-Dade FL - 15 years of managingNatural Areas in Miami-Dade County. JoeMaquire

Chicago IL - Putting nature back in the bigcity. David Wachtel and Mary Van Haaften

Saturday, October 16th: Schedule of Presentations 31st Natural Areas Conference

Sauganash East

Symposium: Using our Partners’ Strengthsto Succeed as Natural Areas Practitioners.Moderator: Lisa Smith

Successful partnerships between land trustsand government. Brian Reilly

Stewardship: The missing link for land trusts(Part 1). Jill Arango

Stewardship: The missing link for land trusts(Part 2). Margaret (Peg) Kohring

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Symposia: Using our Partners’ Strengths toSucceed as Natural Areas Practitioners. Moderator: Pene Speaks

Playing to our strengths: Linking science andstewardship. Reid Schuller and Daniel Salzer

Protecting the land we protect. Nate Fuller

Volunteer Stewardship Network SteeringCommittee: Supporting the role of volunteersin Natural Areas management. Bob Szafoni

LandKeepers: A model for land stewardship.Steven I. Apfelbaum

The Green Seattle Partnership: A public pri-vate (non-profit) partnership of the City ofSeattle, the Cascade Land Conservancy andthe community to restore and sustain Seattle’spublic forests. Pieter Bohen

Symposium: Using our Partners’ Strengthsto Succeed as Natural Areas Practitioners.Moderator: Laurel Ross

Panel Discussion: An opportunity for partici-pants to further explore the topics brought forthby the presenters which highlight the importanceof natural areas stewardship, effective steward-ship programs and successful land protection andland stewardship partnerships and strategies. Theintended format of this session will be round-table with an emphasis on information sharing,further question and answer with presenters anddiscussion that focuses on issues for future workand/or collaboration.

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Contributed Papers: Statewide ProgramPerspectives. Moderator: Todd Strole

Public lands program - a TNC initiative toadvocate the protection and stewardship ofpublicly owned portfolio sites in Illinois.Carl N. Becker

The Illinois Natural Areas Inventory: Lessonslearned in landscape preservation. Patti Reilly

Natural Heritage programs and state wildlifeagencies: A lesson in ecosystem manage-ment. K. Andrew West

Symposium: Preserve System Design.Moderator: Peter Colverson

A non-regulatory tool for coastal communitygrowth management and successful conser-vation: Archie Carr National Wildlife Refugeland acquisition initiative. Duane E. DeFreese and Vickie Larson

Natural Connections: Green infrastructure inWisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana. JoyceO’Keefe, Karen Hobbs, Peter Haas andRichard H. Acker

Biological conservation and adaptive man-agement of coastal habitats in SoutheasternMassachusetts. Tim Simmons, and Paul Z.Goldstein

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Contributed Papers: It Takes aCommunity. Moderator: Vickie Larson

Kansas City wildlands: Bringing partners tothe table and the mission to the public.Linda Lehrbaum and Roberta Vogel-Leutung

Leaders explore natural areas (LENA):Engaging communities in the protection,management and stewardship of state naturalareas. David Clutter

The need for a holistic approach to decisionsaffecting the Fox River watershed, Illinois.David J. Horn


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Symposium: Educating about Nature:Comprehensive Model for Invasive SpeciesEducation. Moderator: Susan Post

Purple loosestrife-It’s not a weed, it’s educa-tion! Susan Post

Beetles educate (Part 1). Susan LeaderBeetles educate (Part 2). Robert Keck

The beetle saga continues (Part 1 - the home-owner). Tim PasternakThe beetle saga continues (Part 2 - the onlinecourse). Robert Weidenmann

Symposium: Educating about Nature: K-12Moderator: Carol Fialkowski

Putting service learning to work to achieveresource management goals. Kim Swift andJohn Hayes

Linking education and Natural Area steward-ship. John Elliot

Urban youth exploring Illinois’ Natural Areas.Peggy Steward

Involving students in Natural Areas preserva-tion: Models for elementary, middle and highschool. Sasha Kerlow

Symposium: Educating about Nature:BioBlitz as Education. Moderator: Susan Post

The Calumet BioBlitz. Mary BethProndzinski

Panel Discussion: So you want to organize aBioBlitz? How to, problems and potentialsolutions for a successful 24 hours.

Panelists include:Carol Fialkowski, Michael Jeffords and others.

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American House

Contributed Papers: Perspectives inSustainability. Moderator: Abi Rome

Florida’s land management review team pro-gram and its potential to improve land man-agement. William G. Howell

Participatory governance for sustainable man-agement of natural resources in the GreatLimpopo Transfrontier Park: The case ofParque Nacional Do Limpopo, Mozambique.Camilo Nhancale

Collaborative conservation: Protected areas,representativeness, and first nations in BritishColumbia. Joleen A Timko

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Contributed Papers: Perspectives inSustainability. Moderator: John Nelson

Conservation to benefit previously disadvan-taged communities AND private landownerswith emphasis on De Hoop Nature Reserve,South Western Cape, South Africa. TierckHoekstra

The status of community-based conservationadjacent to ecological reserves in the northernAndes of Ecuador. Todd Randall, Will Wilson,Julie Rosenthal and Rodney Fuentes

Preserving the natural sound environment inNational Parks. Richard D. Horonjeff

Habitat restoration in South Florida: Fourcase studies. William M. Helfferich and BethKacvinsky

Contributed Papers: Invasive SpeciesManagement. Moderator:

Sheetmulching: Eradicating weeds, compact-ed soils and Round-up from restoration ecolo-gy. G. Jeremiah Schewe

Control of Chinese yam (Dioscorea oppositi-folia) within the biologically significant LuskCreek Watershed, Pope County IL, USA.Jody P. Shimp and Bob Gillespe

Prospects for biological control of teasel(Dipsacus spp.) Robert N. Wiedenman andBrian G. Rector

Variation in photosynthetic rate of garlic mus-tard (Alliaria petiolata). Roger C. Andersonand Caroline V. Myers

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Contributed Papers: CommunityMonitoring II. Moderator:

Arthropod monitoring in forest, wetlands,and grasslands across Illinois. AdamWallner, Brenda Molano-Flores andChristopher H. Dietrich

Long-term vegetation monitoring forNorthern Great Plains National Parks. AmyJ. Symstad

Gauging restoration authenticity and conser-vation value using plants, insects, birds,amphibians, and reptiles of conservationconcern. Ron Panzer

Contributed Papers: CommunityMonitoring II. Moderator: Kim Roman

Limits to herb layer recovery in a suburbanforest fragment. Andrew R. Holdsworth, LeeE. Frelich, Peter B. Reich

Can forest plant communities recover fromoverabundant deer populations? Jennifer A.Griggs, Christopher R. Webster, Janet H.Rock and Michael A. Jenkins

Forest recovery on North Manitou Island: Isrestoration necessary? Peter M. Hurley andDavid J. Flaspohler

Tracking the continued decline of theEastern Massasauga (Sistrurus C. catena-tus), in Illinois. Christopher A. Phillips,Michael J. Dreslik, and Donald B. Shepard

Contributed Papers: CommunityMonitoring II. Moderator:

Saproxylic beetles (Coleoptera) on publiclands: Diversity in relation to forest type.Michael D. Warriner, T. Evan Nebeker,Steven A. Tucker and Terence L. Schiefer

Macrofungi appear resilient to prescribedburning in oak woodlands: A case study nearChicago. Patrick R. Leacock, Gregory M.Mueller and John Paul Schmit

Tallgrass patches in Quetico Provincial Park:A geographic and floristic analysis. FindlayH. MacDermid, Daniel G. Mackle, and WillWilson

The effects of climate change on the grass-lands of Quetico Provincial Park. FindlayH. MacDermid, Daniel G. Mackle, and WillWilson


Saturday, October 16th: Schedule of Presentations 31st Natural Areas Conference

Western Stage House

Symposium: The Synergy of InvasiveSpecies Programs and their Potential.Moderator: Jody Shimp

The National Park Service exotic plant man-agement team (EPMT) program. Carmen T.Chapin

Prioritizing sites invaded by exotic plants forrestoration. Ron Hiebert, Pamela Benjaminand Amy Richey

Federal approach to invasive species control:The Midwest natural resource managers garlicmustard project. John P. Perrecone

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Symposium: The Synergy of InvasiveSpecies Programs and their Potential.Moderator: Debbie Maurer

Developing a U.S. national invasive plant list.Terri Killeffer

So which is the worst? Assessing invasiveplants in Indiana. Ellen Jacquart

Industry participation in state invasive plantcouncil policy. Barbara Barrett Lucas

Attempts to control the introduction of exoticspecies into Illinois. Ben L. Dolbeare

Symposium: The Synergy of InvasiveSpecies Programs and their Potential.Moderator: Anne Mankowski

Nipping ‘em in the bud: A program to stopnew invasive plants in Wisconsin. David J.Eagan

Partnerships for prevention; an early detectionand rapid response network to limit the spreadof new invasive exotic species in the ChicagoWilderness region Debbie A. Maurer, KarenL. Billo and Ed DeWalt

The North American Weed ManagementAssociation (NAWMA): What does NAWMAdo? Sheilah Kennedy

Forest Service funding and partnership opportu-nities for non-native invasive plants. NancyLizette Berlin and Don Dagnon

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Contributed Papers: Wetland Restoration.Moderator: Terry Esker

Marsh tectonics: Using wire and snow fenceto restore emergent marshland in YaharaRiver flowage at Cherokee Marsh. RussHefty

Restoration of wetland/grassland complexesin highly disturbed landscapes. JohnO’Lear, Rebecca Key and Dave Robson

Hydrologic changes accompanying invasiveplant removal at Prairie Creek, MidewinNational Tallgrass Prairie. Geoffrey Parish,Ronald L. Hopp and Joseph Roth

Contributed Papers: The VolunteerExperience. Moderator:

Recruiting and managing large groups ofstewardship volunteers. Tom Smith

The Illinois volunteer lake monitoring pro-gram: 24 years young and growing. Holly L.Hudson and Sandy Nickel

Creating a report card for stream qualityusing volunteer-collected data. David S.Baker

Can volunteers do the job? Comparing vol-unteer and professional data from Illinoissteams. Alice L. Brandon and Steve M.Pescitelli

Contributed Papers: Stream Restoration.Moderator: Patti Reilly

A geomorphology approach to streamrestoration in an urban environment. LeslieA. Berns and Steven W. Belz

Stream restoration: Gathering and using flu-vial geomorphological data to plan streamrestoration. Mary Ochsenschlager

Successes and failures in the restoration of asmall, high gradient, clay-bed stream chan-nel using natural materials. Steven W. Belz

Effects of agricultural best management prac-tices on water quality and biota in the MackinawRiver (IL) watershed. Maria Lemke, JamesHerkert, Matt Herbert and Tim Lindenbaum

Lake House

Contributed Papers: Rare PlantConservation. Moderator: Susanne Masi

Recovering the eastern prairie fringed orchidwith volunteers: A partnership between theU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and TheNature Conservancy. Kristopher J. Lah

Crossing effects on seed viability, germinationand protocorm growth of the federal threat-ened Eastern prairie fringed orchid(Platanthera leucophaea). Timothy Bell,Marlin Bowles, Lawrence Zettler and SarahPoulter

Preliminary results of the effects of hand pol-lination of the federally threatened Westernprairie fringed orchid (Platantherapraeclara). Kathryn E. Theiss, Pati Vitt andKathleen Edmonds

Contributed Papers: Rare PlantConservation. Moderator: Lara Jefferson

Responses of the federally-threatened prairiebush clover (Lespedeza leptostachya) toexperimental grazing and burning at NachusaGrasslands, Lee County, Illinois. R. ToddBittner, P. Vitt and B. Kleiman

The effects of management on populationrank in four regionally rare plant species. PatiVitt, Leslie Brandt, Lailah Reich, KathrynTheiss and Susanne Masi

Factors that affect pollen limitation in frag-mented populations of the common prairieperennial the narrow-leaved purple cone-flower (Echinacea augustifolia). Jennifer L.Ison and Stuart Wagenius

Reproductive biology, genetic diversity, andhybridization in Sullivant’s coneflower(Rudbeckia sullivantii)(AIT.), a USDA ForestService sensitive species. Lynne Elrick,Brenda Molano-Flores and Jason Koontz

Contributed Papers: Rare PlantConservation. Moderator: Todd Bittner

Status of the silvery bladderpod (Lesquerellaludoviciana): An Illinois endangered species onthe edge. Janice M. Coons, Henry R. Owen,Thomas M. Over, and Vincent P. Gutowski

Rediscovery of the rare yellow wild indigo(Baptisia tinctoria, Fabaceae) in East CentralIllinois: Can hybridization jeopardize this dis-covery? Mary Ann Feist, Jason Koontz,Connie Carroll and Brenda Molano-Flores

The composition and structure of woody veg-etation associated with the globally rareshrub, piratebush, on Poor Mountain, Virginia.Mike Leahy, Curtis Hutto and Paul Clarke

The USDA Ornimental Plant Germplasm Center- It’s role in the conservation of American nativeherbaceous plants. David Tay

Randy R. Heidorn, Conference ChairJohn Wilker, Program ChairTerry Esker, Poster Session ChairYoung Choi, Student Poster Contest Chair Jill Kennay, Events ChairRandy Nyboer, Auctions and RaffleJeff Mengler, Facilities and ExhibitsKaren Billo, VSN CoordinatorKelly Neal, VSN CoordinatorTom Slowinski, Exhibits

Conference Planning Committee Leads (see additional insert for a complete list of those working on this NAC)

Brian Reilly, Field Trip ChairFran Harty, Pre-Conference Field Trip LeadJohn Nelson, Pre-Conference Field Trip LeadTom Lerczak, Pre-Conference Field Trip LeadScott Miller, Conference Logistics and RegistrarChris Burke, Fund Raising Committee ChairDebbie Reider, Conf. Secretary and Check In Maggie Cole, Agency Liaison Officer Reid Schuller, NAA Staff LiaisonDon McFall, INPC Staff Liaison

Glen Kruse, IDNR Staff LiaisonJill Allread, Conference Information Officer Patti Reilly, Logo Design and Art SpreeSteve Sobaski, Computer Support LeadCarl BeckerLaurel RossJohn RognerCarolyn GrosbollLaura Perna

Step into the Wild

For nearly 25 years, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources has pro-

duced a button for the Illinois State Fair to promote native species that benefit

from the Wildlife Preservation Fund checkoff on the Illinois State Income

Tax. Donations fund projects that benefit wildlife and their habitats through-

out the state. The Wildlife Preservation Fund is a key contributor to the con-

ference so, this years button was chosen to coincide with the theme of the

2004 Natural Areas Conference. Illinois residents please check “Wildlife

Preservation Fund” next tax season.

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