Ecological Restoration

Volume 20 Number 3 September 2002

Editorial

Setting Standards for Good Ecological Restoration by Dave Egan

Letters

Natureople: A New Word by Karl Smith

News

2002 Farm Bill

Electronic Version of Ecological Restoration Now Available

Articles

Volunteers Monitor Bird Use of Wetland Restoration on Public Lands in Central Florida by Joy E. Marburger

The Business of Ecological Restoration by Brian Lavendel

Restoring Vertebrate Animals in the British Virgin Islands by James Lazell

Effects of Root Pruning on Growth and Survival of Field Transplanted Nuttall Oak by J.W. Farmer and S.R. Pezeshki

An Open Approach to Ecosystem Change by Thomas B. Simpson

Conference Reports

George Wright Societ 2001 Conference by Judith A. Kingsbury

11th Annual Prairie Invertebrate Conference by Todd F. Miller

Ecological Restoration in Texas--A Big Private Land State by Jonathan Ogren

Notes

Reintroduction of Fire Maintains Structure of Mechanically Restored Pinyon-Juniper Savanna (New Mexico) by Brian F. Jacobs and Richard G. Gatewood

Tree Shelters Promote Oak Regeneration on a Small Bottomland Hardwood Site (South Carolina) by Karen E. Kinkead, David L. Otis, John F. Townsend, and John A. Fairey

Response of Everglades Tree Islands to Increased Freshwater Flow (Florida) by Tiffany Troxler

Using Adult Insects to Assess the Restoration a Spring-fed Wetland (Texas) by Ralph J. Garono, David Bradsby

Wet Prairies, Emergent Wetlands, and Grassland Bird Habitat Restored to Little Calumet River Floodplain (Indiana) by Nicole Kalkbrenner, Robert Wolfe, and Greg Olyphant

Restoring Wetlands and Bird Habitat While Creating a Sustainable Economy in the Yangtze River Basin (Peoples Republic of China) by Zhang Yifei and Zhang Weihui

Self-Regulating Tidegates Restore Tidal Flow, Reduce Phragmites at Rumney Marsh (Massachusetts) by Edward Reiner

To Plant or to Seed? Testing Revegetation Methods on Serpentine Coastal Bluffs (California) by Katrina S. Strathmann

Greenhouse-grown Plants Fare Better than Plugs in Threadleaf Sedge Transplant Experiment (Nebraska) by James Stubbendieck, Gina R. Tichota, and Timothy L. Griffen

Dilute Triclopyr Products Compare well with Garlon 3A at Preventing Sprouting of Chinese Tallow Stumps (Florida) by Kennetha A. Langeland and O. Neil Hill

Mulching Provides Alternative Disposal Method for Garlic Mustard on Sod-Forming Grass (Wisconsin) by Ken Solis

Lessons Learned from Translocating Spotted Turtles (Illinois) by David Mauger, Thomas P. Wilson, and Don Stillwaugh

Mulcher Reduces Invasive Shrubs with Minimal Soil Surface Disturbance (Wisconsin) by Keith L. Baker and Jennifer Baker

Nonprofit Organization Offers Small Grants for Basic Biotic Research in American Grasslands (Wisconsin) by Andrew H. Williams

Book Reviews

Biotic Homogenization. Julie Lockwood and Michael L. McKinney, editors. 2001. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. ISBN: 0-306-46542-6. Cloth, $65. 292 pages. Review by David J. Zaber

Woody Plants and Woody Plant Management: Ecology, Safety, and Environment Impact. Rodney W. Bovey. 2001. New York: Marcel Decker, Inc. Cloth, $195. ISBN: 0-8247-0438-X. 561 pages. Review by Dave Egan

New York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program Habitat Workgroup 2001 Status Report: A Regional Model for Estuary and Multiple Watershed Management. Surangi W. Punyasena and Erica A. Newman. 2001. Prepared by the City of New York Parks and Recreation Natural Resources Group and the New York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program Habitat Workgroup. Paper, available from Marc Matsil, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Natural and Historic Resources, P.O. Box 404, Trenton, NJ 08625. 189 pages. Review by Dave Egan

Keepers of the Wolves: The Early Years of Wolf Recovery in Wisconsin. Richard P. Thiel. 2001. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. Cloth, $50. ISBN: 0-299-17470-0. Paper, $19.95. ISBN: 0-299-17474-3. 227 pages. Review by Dave Egan