Ecological Restoration
 

Ecological Restoration

Volume 23 Number 2 June 2005

Editorial

Restoring Rapa Nui: The Navel of the Earth by Dave Egan

News

Studies about Kudzu and Tropical Forest Regeneration Capture 2005 GCA Ecological Restoration Fellowships

Report Links Environmental Degradation to Poverty

Survey Results: Politics Trumps Science at USFWS

Forest Service Finalizes Planning Rule

Migratory Bird Rule May Benefit Aquatic Vegetation Restoration

SER International

Staying True to Our Roots by Keith Bowers

Commentary

Reflecting on Stuart Allison's Ideas About Restoration and Gardening by Monica Fadding

Articles

Music for the Eyes: The Historical Restoration of the White Birch Area of Pavlovsky Park in St. Petersburg, Russia by Maria E. Ignatieva

Artificial Dunes Created to Protect Property on Galveston Island, Texas: Lessons Learned by Dr. Rusty Feagin

Soaking Treatment Increases Survival of Black Willow Posts in a Large-scale Field Study by L.T. Martin, S.R. Pezeshki and F. Douglas Shields, Jr.

Effects of a Selective Herbicide, Sethoxydim, on Reed Canarygrass by Craig A. Annen, Robin W. Tyser and Eileen M. Kirsch

Stream Ecosystem Restoration: Is Watershed-scale Treatment Effective Without Instream Habitat Rehabilitation by F. Douglas Shields, Jr., Scott S. Knight and Charles M. Cooper

Singing the World Back by Janisse Ray

Notes

Winter Grazing Increases Native Prairie Grasses in Fescue-Dominated Pastures (Kansas) by Tracey N. Johnson and Brett K. Sandercock

Using Thinning as a Fire Surrogate Improves Native Plant Diversity in Pine Rockland Habitat (Florida) by Joyce Maschinski, Jennifer Possley, Meghan Q.N. Fellows, Cynthia Lane, Adrianna Muir, Kristie Wendelberger, Samuel Wright and Hannah Thorton

Scientists and Rural Stakeholders Develop Enterprises Designed to Restore Gulf Wetlands (Mexico) by Patricia Moreno-Casasola and Gudelia Salinas Pliego

Constructed Mounds Restore Intertidal Marsh and Bird-Nesting Habitat on Galveston Island (Texas) by Cherie O'Brien

Effects of Severe Coastal Erosion on Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Coastal Dune Plants on Dauphin Island (Alabama) by Andrew N. Roberts and Dr. Sigurdur Greipsson

The Effects of Honeysuckle Removal on Urban Woodland Vegetation) by David P. Benson, Rachel Bousum, Diana Sawchuk and Debra Walls

Combination of Treatments Influence Survival of Woody Species Planted to Suppress Reed Canarygrass (Wisconsin) by Stephen M. Hovick and James A. Reinartz

Aggressive Native Forbs Help Suppress Exotic Weeds in Restored Riparian Fields (California) by Tamara Sperber, F.T. Griggs and Erin McKinney

Evaluation of Integrated Management Techniques for Controlling Reed Canarygrass (Oregon) by Mandy Tu and Dan Salzer

Zigzag Yarder: An Ecologically Sensitive Approach for Reducing Fuel Load in Tahoe Basin (California) by Eric Evans and Olin Anderson

Church Forests Provide Clues to Restoring Ecosystems in the Degraded Highlands of Northern Ethiopia by Alemayehu Wassie, Demel Teketay and Neil Powell

Team Assists Community Groups in Monitoring Forest Restoration Projects (New Mexico) by Margaret A. Moote, Martha Schulmann and Victoria Derr

Open Systems and the Cross-Boundary Spoiler (Wisconsin) by Theodore A. Snyder III

Prairie Rescue and Restoration Internship Program Aids Landowners, Educates Students (Iowa) by Thomas Rosburg

Book Reviews

Looking for Longleaf: The Fall and Rise of an American Forest. Lawrence S. Early. 2004. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. Cloth, $27.50. ISBN: 0-080078-2886-6. 336 pages. Review by Dave Egan

ReWilding North America: A Vision for Conservation in the 21st Century. Dave Foreman. 2004. Washington, D.C.: Island Press. Cloth, $50. ISBN: 1-55963-060-4. Paper, $25. ISBN: 1-55961-2. 295 pages. Dave Egan

Hope's Horizon: Three Visions for Healing the American Land. Chip Ward. 2004. Washington, D.C.: Island Press. Cloth, $27. ISBN: 1-55963-977-6. 400 pages. Dave Egan

Abstracts in this issue are from a wide variety of sources including Silviculture in Special Places: Proceedings of the 2003 National Silviculture Workshop and The Proceedings of the 27th Annual Society of Ethnobiology Conference, Living Landscapes: Linking Ethnobiology and Restoration Ecology in the Revival of Native Systems.