Ecological Restoration

Volume 21 Number 4 December 2003

Editorial

The Watermelon in Our Native Plant Garden by Dave Egan

Letters

Society for Ecological Restoration International Column

SER International 2003 Conference Features Design Charette by Eric Higgs

News

International Crane Foundation Looks for Ways to Restore Local Economies and Ecosystems Along the Lower Zambezi River

Massachusetts Invasive Plant Group Produces Invasive Species List

Louisiana Declares Itself America's Wetland

SER and the UW Press Announce New Way to Subscribe to Ecological Restoration

Articles

Theme Issue: Native American Land Management Practices in National Parks by Dave Egan and M. Kat Anderson

What is Natural? Three Perspectives

Protected Areas, Indigenous Peoples, and the Western Idea of Nature by Dennis Martinez

Nature as We See It: National Parks and the Wilderness Ideal by David Louter

Epilogue to Preserving Yellowstone's Natural Condition: Science and the Perception of Nature by James A. Pritchard

Defining Cultural and Ethnographic Landscapes by Dave Egan

Building Partnerships Between American Indian Tribes and the National Park Service by David Ruppert

Native American Land Management Practices in National Parks: A Debate

Facing a New Ecosystem Management Paradigm for National Parks by David M. Graber

Simulated Indigenous Management: A New Model for Ecological Restoration in National Parks by M. Kat Anderson and Michael G. Barbour

Case Studies

Restoring Ethnographic Landscapes and Natural Elements in Redwood National Park by Stephen Underwood, Leonel Arguello and Nelson Siefkin

Restoring a Part of Hawai'i's Past: Kaloko Fishpond Restoration by Stanley Bond, Jr., Ph.D. and Richard Gmirkin

Destruction of an Ancient Indigenous Cultural Landscape: An Epitaph from Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument by Gary Paul Nabhan

Restoring Indian-Set Fires to Prairie Ecosystems on the Olympic Peninsula by Jacilee Wray and M. Kat Anderson

Caring for the Trees: Restoring Timbisha Shoshone Land Management Practices in Death Valley National Park by Catherine S. Fowler, Pauline Esteves, Grace Goad, Bill Helmer and Ken Watterson

Native Hawaiian Collection, Use, and Management of Plants and Plant Communities within Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park by Jim Martin and Laura Carter Schuster

Notes

Prairie Mycorrhizal Fungi Inoculant May Increase Native Plant Diversity on Restored Sites (Illinois) by James D. Bever, Peggy A. Schultz, R. Michael Miller, Lisa Gades and Julie D. Jastrow

Vole Herbivory Affects Well-Established Forbs in Experimental Tallgrass Planting (Illinois) by Cristina Martinez-Garza, Joel S. Brown and Henry F. Howe

Constructed Vernal Pool Seeding Experiment Aids in Recovery of Contra Costa Goldfields (California) by Sharon K. Collinge

Can Waterlevel Control Structures Restore Function and Diversity of Wetlands? (New York) by Alison D. Halpern, John M. Farrel, Jason A. Toner, Molly Beland, Brent A. Murray and Donald J. Leopold

Shell Middens Yield Rich Cultural Deposits for Fine-Scale Modeling of Preindustrial Ecosystems (Washington) by Russel Barsh

Thinning and Burning Stimulates Growth of Longleaf Pine Savanna Community Species (South Carolina) by Patrick D. McMillan, Harry E. Shealy and Richard D. Porcher

Treatment of Reed Canarygrass Monoculture Improves Water Table Levels for Sedge Meadow (Iowa) by Pauline M. Drobney and Keith Schilling

Proposed Plan Promotes Watershed-Wide Management of Invasive Species and Stormwater (Wisconsin) by Steve Glass

Long Tubes and Expandable Stinger: Innovative Tools for Improving Revegetation Success of Riparian Communities by Troy Brandt

Combination of Burning and Herbicides May Favor Establishment of Weedy Species in Rangeland Restoration (Montana) by James S. Jacobs and Roger L. Sheley

Adaptive Cluster Sampling: An Efficient Method for Assessing Inconspicuous Species by Andrea M. Silletti and Joan Walker

Estacados in Sonoran Watersheds: Students Revive a Traditional Technique to Restore Riparian Habitat (Mexico) by Joaquin Murrieta-Saldivar

 

Book Reviews

The Sunflower Forest: Ecological Restoration and the New Connection with Nature William R. Jordan III. 2003. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. Cloth, $27.50, ISBN: 520-23320-4. 256 pages. Review by William Throop

Wilderness and Political Ecology: Aboriginal Influences and the Original State of Nature Charles E. Kay and Randy T. Simmons, editors. 2002. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. Cloth, $45. ISBN: 0-87480-719-0. 352 pages. Review by J. Alan May, Ph.D., RLA

Dam Politics: Restoring America's Rivers William R. Lowry. 2003. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press. Cloth, $49.95. ISBN: 0-87840-389-2. Paper, $21.95. ISBN: 0-87840-390-6. 320 pages. Review by William L. Graf

Establishing Native Plant Communities Ann Smreciu, Heather Sinton, David Walker and Jenie Bietz. 2003. Edmonton, Alberta: Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Alberta Environment and Alberta Sustainable Resource Development. Paper, $30 Canadian. ISBN: 0-7732-6146-X. Review by Sheldon Helbert

World Wide Web

Special Web Review Section: Invasive Plant Web Sites by Jessica M. DiCicco and Steven N. Handel