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Unearthing Remnant Sedge Meadow Restores Lost Wetland Functions

Author: Matthew C. Parsons, M.S. (Senior Ecologist – Eco-Resource Consulting, Inc.) The B. Bruce Krier Conservancy (Conservancy) – located in the Town of Belgium, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin – is a true conservation success story. It exemplifies what is possible with...Read More

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Restoration and the Season of Migrations…

Over the weekend we celebrated International Migratory Bird Day with a hike around one of the Cook County forest preserves, Crabtree Nature Center. It was gratifying to see the ongoing restoration progress at this site – which seems to be getting...Read More

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Why we shouldn’t take seeds for granted…

This interesting essay was recently posted in the Annals of Botany blog examines the problem of seed availability – especially when it applies to restoration activity … Image Credit: USDA – ARSRead More

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The Tanager and the Oak

Here in the Midwest the arrival of spring migratory birds in happening in earnest. Birders who are far more skilled will remind us that such animal migrations are happening all the time. I am aware of this, but I will...Read More

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Restoration for pollinators in Cedar Rapids…

Could this happen in your town? Cedar Rapids, Iowa moves to enhance 1000 acres of public space to benefit pollinators….. Read More

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Florida (restoration) road trip, anyone?

Who wouldn’t like a road trip to Florida? Our good friends at the Southeastern Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SE-SER) will be holding their Annual Symposium and Membership Meeting from October 18-21, 2016, at the University of Florida/IFAS North Florida...Read More

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Turning a liability into an asset: a case study of restoration from the ground up…

How many of us have encountered potential restoration sites that seemed to have some potential, but the obstacles seemed a bit too daunting, or there simply wasn’t a clear path forward – a way to get the momentum going? The...Read More

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Restoration – in my town…

During the course of this summer I have enjoyed seeing a restoration project – that is literally across the street – mature into a successful and functional ecological asset for the community. Hoffman Estates is a suburb located northwest of Chicago,...Read More

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Throwback Thursday: Creating and Maintaining Sand Islands at Wolf Lake

Originally published in our September 2011 newsletter. By Jon Dittmar, Cardno JFNew Wolf Lake is a 3.2 km² natural lake located on the Indiana/Illinois border near Hammond, Indiana. In pre-settlement days Wolf Lake was part of a vast complex of dunes,...Read More

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Restoration and Rememberance

One of the most common pieces of advice I have heard about writing is to write about something you know about. I guess it was meant to be that I did a little early morning birding today in Thatcher Woods...Read More

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Throwback Thursday: 100 Sites for 100 Years: A Chicago Wildernewss Land Management Research Program

This post was originally posted in our January 2009 newsletter. by Lauren Umek and Liam Heneghan, Institute for Nature and Culture, DePaul University Despite the recognized centrality of ecological knowledge to restoration practice, there is sometimes an unproductive disconnect between the...Read More

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Soil Microbes in Ecological Restoration

By restoration scientists Elizabeth Bach, Jonathan Bauer, and Liz Koziol Increasingly, ecological restoration goals include belowground ecosystem services including reducing soil erosion, retaining soil nutrients, restoring plant-soil feedbacks, and potentially storing carbon to reduce CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere. Soil...Read More

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Advice on Goldenrod Control?

I manage a 3-acre prairie planting on the Butler University campus in Indianapolis (http://legacy.butler.edu/herbarium/prairies/). The site was planted from seed of 50 Indiana native prairie species in 1987. We burn every few years and also keep woody plants under control...Read More

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State Roundup

Happy Friday everyone! Restoration practitioners in the Midwest-Great Lakes region have been busy planning, implementing, and celebrating restoration. Check out some links from around the region. Iowa: Iowa Rivers Revival is advocating a statewide river restoration framework to prioritize rivers...Read More

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Biological Invasions Research Project

Alien Futures is a new research project collecting and examining issues that may affect the future global and local management of biological invasions. Horizon scanning is the systematic examination of future potential threats, opportunities and likely future developments. Some horizon scanning...Read More