Ecological Restoration  

Ecological Restoration

Volume 22 Number 2 June 2004

Editorial

Human Population and Ecological Restoration by Dave Egan

Letters

News

U.S. Government Announces $10 Million Increase for Salmon Restoration in Pacific Northwest, But Sees No Need to Remove Dams

Concern Raised About Pace and Direction of Everglades Restoration

Earthwatch Institute Offers Expedition to India's Sacred Groves

As Restored Native Oyster Populations Decline, Virginia and Maryland Seek Use of Non-Native Oyster in Chesapeake Bay

SER International

As SER Changes, Opportunities and Challenges Lie Ahead by Keith Bowers

Articles

Ecological Restoration: British Columbia Style by Debby de Carlo

Atlantic White-Cedar Wetland Restoration on a Former Agricultural Site in the New Jersey Pinelands by Kristin A. Mylecraine, George L. Zimmermann, Robert R. Williams and John E. Kuser

Using Newly Developed Analytical Tools to Compare a Restored Prairie with a Remnant in Ohio by Robert A. Klips

Monitoring Native Prairie Vegetation: The Belt Transect Method by Todd A. Grant, Elizabeth M. Madden, Robert K. Murphy, Karen A. Smith and Melvin P. Nenneman

Ecosystem Restoration and Rehabilitation in Madagascar by Louise Holloway (an excerpted chapter from The Natural History of Madagascar, S.M. Goodman and J.P. Benstead, eds., University of Chicago Press, 2003)

Placing Riffle Formations to Restore Stream Functions in a Wet Meadow by Alvin L. Medina and Jonathan W. Long

Restoring Artifacts as a Metaphor for Restoring Ecosystems: A Hands-on Exercise for Teaching Restoration Ecology by Jeremy T. Lundholm and Douglas W. Larson

 

Notes

How Restoration Techniques Affect Dominant Flora of Blackland Prairie (Texas) by Dwight Barry and Shirlene Sitton

Restoring Vigor and Reducing Hazard in an Old-Growth Western Larch Stand (Montana) by Carl E. Fiedler and Michael G. Harrington

Chicago Wilderness Conducts Regional Audit of Wooded Lands (Illinois and Indiana) by Karen Glennemeier and Wayne Lampa

The Sabal Palm: Restoring a Species We Didn't Know We Had (Texas) by Landon Lockett

Riparian Plantings and Fencing Improve Water Quality in Tillamook River Watershed (Oregon) by Timothy J. Sullivan, M. Wustenberg, J.A. Moore, Kai Snyder, E. Gilbert, D. Moore and E. Mallery

Demonstration Dock Designed to Benefit Eelgrass Habitat Restoration (Washington) by Heida L. Diefenderfer, Susan L. Sargent, Ronald M. Thom, Amy B. Borde, Perry F. Gayaldo, Craig A. Curtis, Brian L. Court, David M. Pierce and David S. Robison

Can Natural Colonization Successfully Restore Salt Marsh Habitat? A Three-Year Assessment (New Jersey) by Polly L. Hicks and Jean Marie Hartman

Lessons Learned from Restoring a Foothill Community in Rock Canyon (Utah) by Becky W. Peterson, Phil S. Allen, Eric Castle and Susan E. Meyer

The Challenges of Restoring an Apostle Island Sandscape Community (Wisconsin) by Julie Van Stappen and David Burgdorf

Use of Herbicide in the Eradication of Honeysuckle (Wisconsin) by Thomas D. Brock

Giant Reed Eradication Project Would Provide Economic Benefits to Impoverished Communities (South Africa) by Gretchen C. Coffman and Dr. Richard Knight

Lime Slurry: An Innovative Tool for Controlling Aquatic Plants (Wisconsin) by Margaret R. Rattei

Irrigated Ponds Show Potential for Restoring Foraging Habitat of Breeding Piping Plovers (New Jersey) by Joseph M. Patt, L. Stanton Hales, Jr., Richard P. Hager and Peter A. Atzert

Initial Findings from Experimental Introductions Reveal Clues for Restoring an Endangered Wetland Grass (California) by Sasha Gennet, John Battles, Barbara Allen-Diaz and James W. Bartolome

Book Reviews

Monitoring Ecosystems: Interdisciplinary Approaches for Evaluating Ecoregional Initiatives. David E. Busch and Joel C. Trexler, editors. 2003. Washington, D.C.: Island Press. Cloth, $70. ISBN: 1-55963-850-8. Paper, $35. ISBN: 1-55963-851-6. 431 pages. Review by Sven Hoeger

Inventing Nature: Ecological Restoration by Public Experiments. Matthias Gross. 2003. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield/Lexington Books. Cloth, $80. ISBN: 0-7391-05043-3. 240 pages. Review by David Robertson, Ph.D.

Nature by Design: People, Natural Process, and Ecological Restoration. Eric Higgs. 2003. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press. Cloth, $68. ISBN: 0-262-58226-0. 416 pages. Review by James Schardt

Lewis and Clark's Green World: The Expedition and Its Plants. A. Scott Earle and James L. Reveal. 2003. Helena, Montana: Farcountry Press. Cloth, $34.95. ISBN: 1-56037-250-8. 256 pages. Review by Ann DeBolt

Singing the Turtles to Sea: The Comcaac (Seri) Art and Science of Reptiles. Gary Paul Nabhan. 2003. Berkeley: University of California Press. Cloth, $34.95. ISBN: 0-520-21731-4. 318 pages. Review by Mary Ann Pels