Ecological Restoration

Volume 20 Number 2, June 2002

Editorial

Cultured Ecosystems by Dave Egan

News

China to Spend $1 Billion Restoring and Managing Wetlands

New Wetland Permits Threatens Loss of Intermittent Streams in the United States

Campaign Urges United Nations to Dedicate the 21st Century to Restoring the Earth

Environment Canada's EcoAction 2002 Funding Program Supports Restoration Projects

Report Finds Fault with Mitigation Projects in Washington State

Garden Club of America Announces Winners of 2002 Fellowships in Ecological Restoration

Study Recommends Researchers Consider Social Dimensions of Wildland Fire

Articles

Converting Pine Plantations to Bottomland Hardwood Wetlands by Brett Williams, Daniel Johns, Hans Williams, and Wendy Ledbetter

Restoring Prairie Processes to Farmlands by Laura L. Jackson (an excerpt from The Farm as Natural Habitat. Dana L. Jackson and Laura L. Jackson, editors. 2002. Island Press)

Releasing the Native Seedbank: An Innovative Approach to Restoring a Coastal California Ecosystem by Craig C. Dremann with Michael Shaw

Rapid Decomposition of Buckthorn Litter May Change Soil Nutrient Levels by Liam Heneghan, Constance Clay, and Cynthia Brundage

Roots of Chaparral Shrubs Fail to Penetrate a Geosynthetic Landfill Liner by Karen D. Holl

Promoting Genetic Diversity in the Production of Large Quantities of Native Plant Seed by Philip J. Burton and Carla M. Burton

Poetry

Controlled Burn by Maria Melendez

Notes

Reverse Fertilization Reduces Cover of Weedy Species in Tallgrass Prairie Restoration (Ohio) by Jack M. Averett, Robert A. Klips, and Peter S. Curtis

Should Bark Beetle Outbreaks in Mountain Spruce Forests be Treated as a Natural Process? (Czech Republic) by Magda Jonasova

Restoration of a Closed-Canopy Forest in a Mugwort-Dominated Landfill Site (New York) by Paul Kortebein, Tim Wenskus, and Marc Matsil

Restoring a Complex of Backwater Lakes, Wetlands, and Prairie on the Illinois River by Gary Sullivan

Can Rotational Grazing Restore Degraded Oak Savannas? (Wisconsin) by John A. Harrington

Herbicide, Mechanical Treatments, and Constant Monitoring Reduce Japanese Knotweed in Fairmount Park (Pennsylvania) by Joe Berg, Tom Witmer, and Mark Focht

Controlling Russian Olives within Cottonwood Gallery Forests along the Middle Rio Grande Floodplain (New Mexico) by Todd Caplan

Simple and Cost-Effective Methods Control Fountain Grass in Dry Forest (Hawaii) by Susan Cordell, Robert J. Cabin, Stephen G. Weller, and David H. Lorence

Do Summer Burns Result in Adult Karner Blue Butterfly Mortality? (Wisconsin) by Richard S. King

GIS Modeling Program Identifies Landscape Restoration Opportunities (Ontario) by Ken Towle and Lionel Normand

Nursery-Grown Plants Augment Endangered Populations of Robbin's Cinquefoil (New Hampshire) by William Brumback

Seeding Trials Expand the Distribution of Sonoma Spineflower Populations on Point Reyes National Seashore (California) by Michelle Coppoletta and Barbara Moritsch

Restoring Habitat of Crinite Mariposa Lily: A Rare Endemic (Oregon) by Russell N. Holmes and Gary Basham

Saving Ontario's Savanna's: Promoting Voluntary Stewardship of Remnant Tallgrass Communities by Lindsay Roger and Todd Farrell

Book Reviews

Large Mammal Restoration: Ecological and Sociological Challenges in the 21st Century. David S. Maehr, Reed F. Noss, and J.L. Larkin, editors. 2001. Washington, D.C.: Island Press. Review by Michael L. Morrison

Ground Work: Basic Concepts of Ecological Restoration in British Columbia. Donald A. Gayton. 2001. Kamploops, British Columbia: Southern Interior Forest Extension and Research Partnership; and Vancouver, British Columbia: Society for Ecological Restoration. Review by Dave Egan

Heroic Tales of Wetland Restoration. Esther Lev. 2001 Tualatin, Oregon: The Wetlands Conservancy. Review by Dave Egan

Saving Louisiana? The Battle for Coastal Wetlands. Bill Streever. 2001. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi. Review by Dave Egan

A Guide to Bottomland Hardwood Restoration. J.A. Allen, B.D. Keeland, J.A. Stanturf, A.F. Clewell, and H.E. Kennedy, Jr. 2001. Reston, Virginia: United States Geological Survey. Review by Dave Egan