Ecological Restoration
Ecological Restoration  

Ecological Restoration

Volume 22 Number 4 December 2004

Editorial

The New Frontier: Restoring the World's Oceans by Dave Egan

Reflections and Predictions

News

Controversial Plan for Endangered Species on the Lower Colorado River

Japan Funds Efforts to Restore Iraqi Marshes

Black-tailed Prairie Dog Dropped from List of Endangered Species Candidates

Wyoming Game and Fish Department Release Artificially Raised Tadpoles of Endangered Toad

European Commission Announces Funding Mechanism for Natura 2000 Network

SER International

Global Restoration Network by Keith Bowers

Articles

Legend of the Longleaf Pines: An Interview with Leon Neel by Darrel Morrison

Restoring Slough and River Banks with Biotechnical Methods in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta by Jeff Hart and John Hunter

Restoring Tire Tracks: Lessons from the Southern Namib Desert by Antje Burke and Julien Cloete

European Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) and its Effects on Some Ecosystem Properties in an Urban Woodland by Liam Heneghan, Carlton Rauschenberg, Farrah Fatemi and Margaret Workman

What Do We Mean When We Talk About Ecological Restoration? by Stuart K. Allison

 

Notes

Native Ground Covers Partners: Reestablishing Native Ground Cover in Longleaf Pine Savannas (Georgia) by Kim L. Coffey and L. Katherine Kirkman

Cork Oak Restoration: Developing Techniques to Enhance Establishment of a Threatened Ecosystem (Spain) by Juli G. Pausau, Josep Pons and Ramon Vallejo

Mitigation Bank Promotes Research on Restoring Coastal Plain Depression Wetlands (South Carolina) by Christopher D. Barton, Diane DeSteven and John C. Kilgo

Promoting Red Alder Colonization in Second-Growth Riparian Forests Helps Increase Salmon Prey (Alaska) by Ryan K. Kimbirauskas and Richard W. Merritt

The Lilly ARBOR Project: An Experiment in Urban Riparian Restoration (Indiana) by Lenore P. Tedesco, F. Vincent Hernly, Bob E. Hall and Kara A. Salazar

Diagnostic Tool Help Set Water Quality Targets for Restoring Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Chesapeake Bay by Charles L. Gallegos and Patrick D. Biber

Restoration of Long-spined Urchins: A Possible Strategy to Improve Coral Reef Health (Florida) by Brad Rosov

Clumped Planting Arrangement Reduces Weed Establishment in Coastal Sage Scrub Restoration Experiment (California) by Christy Brigham

Three Mechanical Shredders Evaluated for Controlling Water Hyacinth (California) by Ben K. Greenfield

Weed-control Fabric Successfully Stops Spread of Invasive Saltmeadow Cordgrass (Oregon) by Debbie L. Pickering

Can Placement of Whole Trees in Rivers Restore Habitat for Fish? (Michigan) by Matthew M. Klungle and Daniel B. Hayes

Using Rotenone to Enhance Native Amphibian Breeding Habitat in Ponds (Illinois) by Stephen J. Mullin, J. Brian Towey and Robert E. Szafoni

Reintroducing Harperella to Cobblebars Along the Potomac River (Maryland) by Elizabeth Fortson Wells, Catherine E.C. Oberfell, Karen M. Redden, Charlotte H. Marvil and Anne X. Truong

Book Reviews

Chesapeake Bay Blues: Science, Politics, and the Struggle to Save the Bay. Howard R. Ernst. 2003. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. Paper, $22.95. ISBN: 0-7425-2351-9. 203 pages. Review by Wayne H. Bell