Ecological Restoration

Volume 20 Number 1, March 2002

Editorial

What are We Afraid Of? by Dave Egan

Poetry

Pods by Jenny McBride

News

Bush Administration Closes the Everglades Restoration Office

Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Continues to Expand

Educational Consortium to Promote Ecological Restoration Across International Borders

Pew Oceans Commission Publishes Report on Invasive Species

Articles

A Conceptual Model of European Wet Meadow Restoration by A.P. Grootjans and S.K. Verbeek

When Is a Restoration Successful? Results from a 45-Year-Old Tallgrass Prairie Restoration by Stuart K. Allison

Managing Tallgrass Prairie Remnants: The Effects of Different Types of Land Stewardship on Grassland Bird Habitat by Jeremy J. Higgins, Gary E. Larson and Kenneth F. Higgins

Alternative Irrigation Systems for Arid Land Restoration by David A. Bainbridge

Relocation of Amphibians to Created Seasonal Ponds in Southwestern Ohio by Shauna L. Weyrauch and James P. Amon

Documenting Changes in the Natural Environment of Indianapolis-Marion County from European Settlement to the Present by Robert C. Barr, Bob E. Hall, Jeffrey S. Wilson, Catherine Souch, Greg Lindsey, John A. Bacone, Ronald K. Campbell and Lenore P. Tedesco

Notes

Pro-Forest Foundation: Restoring the Cerro Blanco Protected Forest (Ecuador) by Eric Horstman and Michael Morgan

Introduction of Figs in Abandoned Pastures May Promote Recovery of Tropical Moist Forest Species (Costa Rica) by Alan R. P. Journet and Kathy D. Conway

A Forest Gap Approach to Restoring Longleaf Pine-Wiregrass Ecosystems (Georgia and Florida) by L. Katherine Kirkman and R. J. Mitchell

Donor Soils Jumpstart Revegetation of Created Wetlands (Ohio) by Joseph E. Bartoszek, Thomas A. Schneider and Season R. Snyder

Monitoring Stages of Sphagnum Recolonization on Block-cut Peatlands (Quebec) by Ian Roul and Line Rochefort

Responses of Fish to Topographic Heterogeneity in an Experimental Salt Marsh (California) by Sharook P. Madon, Janelle M. West, and Joy B. Zedler

The Restoration Potential of Goldthread, an Iroquois Medicinal Plant (New York) by Marcy J Balunas and Robin W. Kimmerer

Lowering Nitrogen Availability May Control Reed Canarygrass in Restored Prairie Pothole Wetlands (Minnesota) by Laura G. Perry and Susan M. Galatowitsch

New Study Investigates Integrated Strategies for Controlling Reed Canarygrass (Oregon) by Mandy Tu and Dan Salzer

Restoration of Small Reserves May Be Valuable for Certain Types of Birds (Illinois) by Jeffrey D. Brawn, Scott K. Robinson, James R. Herkert, and Edward J. Heske

Using Native Plant Material to Stabilize Eroded Stream Banks (South Carolina) by William H. Conner, Tommy Socha, Hollis Allen, and Gene Hardee

Technique for Estimating Plant Biomass Reduces Destruction, Cost, and Sampling Time (Arizona) by Julie E. Korb and Judith D. Springer

BioTrack® Simplifies Monitoring of Invertebrates on Restored Sites (Australia) by Anthony J. Pik, Andrew J Beattie, and J.M. Dangerfield

Introduced Acacias Facilitate Revegetation of Early Successional Forests on Degraded Sites (China) by Ping Zhao, Shaolin Peng, Xiaoping Zeng, and Mingmao Ding

Charred Wood Treatments Stimulate Germination of Georgia Plume Seeds (Georgia) by Jack M. Averett, Jennifer F. Ceska and James M. Affolter

Book Reviews

Helping the Land, Healing Ourselves: A Guide to Ecological Restoration Resources for British Columbia. Jay Ritchlin and Maggie Paquet. 2001. Vancouver, B.C.: The British Columbia Environmental Network Educational Foundation. Paper, $15 CDN. ISBN 0-9694591-6-5. 91 pages. Review by Valentin Schaefer

Environmental Restoration: Ethics, Theory, and Practice. William Throop, editor. 2000. Flashpoints Series. Amherst, NY: Humanity Books. Paper, $22.95. ISBN: 1-57392-818-6. 240 pages. Review by Max Oelschlaeger

A Practical Guide to Prairie Reconstruction. Carl Kurtz. 2001. Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa Press. Paper, $12.95. ISBN: 0-87745-745-X. 55 pages. Review by Dave Egan

The Seasons of Fire: Reflections on Fire in the West David J. Strohmaier. 2000. Reno, Nevada: University of Nevada Press. Paper, $21.95. ISBN: 0-87417-483-X. 192 pages. Review by Dave Egan