Restoration & Management Notes
Volume 12(1), Summer 1994

This issue is devoted to prairie restoration in the Midwest--"The Future of the Tallgrass Prairie." It was edited under the direction of Sarah Wortham.

Editorial

• Silphium Redux: A Prairie Vision by William R. Jordan III

Poem

• Prairie Dream by Rinda West

Articles

• Rolling Forward: Toward a New Midwestern Land Ethic by John Madson
• Roadside Landscapes: Prairie Species Take Hold in Midwest Rights-of-Way by John A. Harrington
• Iowa Prairie Rebirth: Rediscovering Natural Heritage at Walnut Creek National Wildlife Refuge by Pauline A. Drobney
• Partners for Wildlife: Rebuilding Indiana's Degraded Prairie by Phil Delphey and Jim Ruwaldt
• Growing Green: Prairie Nurseries in the Upper Midwest by Dave Egan
• Successional Restoration: Thinking Like a Prairie by Steve Packard
• Starting from Seed: Genetic Issues in Using Native Grasses for Restoration by Eric E. Knapp and Kevin J. Rice
• Sculptured Seeding: An Ecological Approach to Revegetation by Erling T. Jacobson, D. Brent Wark, Roy G. Arnott, Russell J. Haas and Dwight A. Tober
• Seed Stripper Harvesters: Efficient Tools for Prairie Restoration by John P. Morgan and Douglas R. Collicutt
• Soil Impoverishment: A Little-Known Technique Holds Potential for Establishing Prairie by John P. Morgan
• Illinois' Volunteer Corps: A Model Program with Deep Roots in the Prairie by Laurel M. Ross
• Savanna Recovery: Guiding the Future of Midwestern Oak Ecosystems by Karen M. Holland
• The Urban Savanna: Reuniting Ecological Preference and Function by Paul H. Gobster

Notes

• Prairie Restoration at the International Crane Foundation: A Progress Report (Wisconsin) by Jim Welsh
• Wet Prairie Restoration in Western Oregon by Mark Griswold Wilson
• Tallgrass Prairie Experiment Underway in Manitoba by Douglas R. Collicutt, John P. Morgan and Jacqueline D. Durant
• Recolonization Potential Examined on Exposed Peat Bog (Wisconsin) by Thomas J. Murn
• Alaska Begins a Statewied Study of Aquatic Habitat Restoration Projects by Betsy Parry
• Adaptive Management Strategy Helps Assure Cost-Effective, Large-Scale Riparian Restoration (California) by F. Thomas Griggs
• Adaptive Management Strategy Used to Determine Duration of Irrigation in Riparian Forest Restoration (California) by Rory Sheehan and F. Thomas Griggs
• Sand Pine Scrub Restoration: An Alternative to High-Intensity Fire by Walter J. Kenner
• Research Begins on Restoring Oak Savanna Groundlayer (Wisconsin) by Mark K. Leach
• Shale Barrens Community Restoration Underway at Brown Barrens Nature Preserve (Illinois) by Robert T. Bittner, David J. Gibson and K. Andrew West
• Cryptobiotic Soil Crusts: Basis for Arid Land Restoration (Utah) by Jayne Belnap
• Treeshelters Improve Woody Transplant Survival on Arid Lands (California) by David A. Bainbridge and Matthew W. Fidelibus
• Jellyrolls Reduece Outplanting Costs in Arid Land Restoration (California) by Matthew W. Fidelibus
• Transplanting Coastal Sage Scrub Seedlings From Natural Stands (California) by Peter A. Bowler
• Bureau of Land Management Launches a Program to Restore the Deteriorated Rangelands of the Great Basin and Columbia Plateau by Michael M. Borman and David A. Pyke
• Tree Seedlings Flourish Following Removal of Amur Honeysuckle (Kentucky) by James O. Luken and Norbert G. Goessling
• A Tool for Weeding Cattails and Reed Canary Grass (Iowa) by Lon Drake
• Experiment Finds Less Herbicide Needed to Control Buckthorn (Wisconsin) by Steve Glass
• Reversing the Tamarisk Tide at Lake Mead National Recreation Area (Nevada) by Curtis E. Dueser
• Native Plant Revegetation Suggests New Ways to Manage Power Line Rights-of-Way (Georgia) by Raymond E. Nuesch and Darrel G. Morrison
• Firewise Planning for Coastal Sage Scrub Restoration by Richard Nichols and Ronald Montague
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum Conducts Prairie Burn for Public by Brock Woods
• Summer Outdoor Education Program Popular in Nebraska by Jan Whitney
• Restoration of Oak-Pine Savanna Aids Karner Blue Butterflies (Michigan) by Patrick J. Corner and Mary L. Rabe
• Construction of Hibernaculum for the Western Fox Snake (Illinois) by David S. Sollenberger
• Wildlife Habitat Restoration Underway Near Urban Area (Wisconsin) by Paul Wozniak
• Soil Amendments and Cluster Planting May Help Plant Growth on Tough Phosphogypsum Tailings (Alberta, Canada) by Wendy E.R. Throne and Richard D. Revel
• Cooperative Rare Plant Recovery Program Developed in Wisconsin by Kelly Kearns

Book Reviews

• John T. Curtis: Fifty Years of Wisconsin Plant Ecology. James S. Fralish, Robert P. McIntosh and Orie L. Loucks, editors. Reviewed by Evelyn A. Howell
• Landscape Restoration Handbook by Donald Harker, Sherry Evans, Marc Evans and Kay Harker. Reviewed by Darrel Morrison
• Biological Pollution: The Control and Impact of Invasive Exotic Species.
  Bill N. McKnight, editor. *
• California's Changing Landscapes: Diversity and Conservation of California Vegetation by Michael Barbour, Bruce Pavlik, Frank Drysdale and Susan Lindstrom. *
• Ecology of Greenways: Design and Function of Linear Conservation Areas. Daniel S. Smith and Paul Cawood Hellmund, editors. *
• Humans as Components of Ecosystems: The Ecology of Subtle Human Effects and Populated Areas. Mark J. McDonnell and Stewart T.A. Pickett, editors. *
• Old Growth in the East: A Survey by Mary Byrd Davis. *
• Prairie Restoration for Wisconsin Schools by Molly Fifield Murray. *
• Prescribed Burning for Brushland Management: The South Texas Example by Charles J. Scrifes and Wayne T. Hamilton. *
• Restoring Wetlands in Washington: A Guidebook for Wetland Restoration, Planning and Implementation by Michelle L. Stevens and Ron Vanbianchi. *
• Wetland Planting Guide for the Northeastern United States: Plants for Creation, Restoration and Enhancement by Gwendolyn A. Thunhorst. *

* Reviewed by Dave Egan