Ecological Restoration
Ecological Restoration  

Ecological Restoration

Volume 23 Number 1 March 2005

Editorial

Establishing a Restoration Narrative by Dave Egan

News

Experimental Flooding of Grand Canyon Attempts to Restore Sandbars and Native Fish Habitat

Restoration Projects Make Waves Following Tsunami

Nobel Peace Prize to Wangrai Maathai

Scientists Foresee Increase in Sea Levels

New Wildlife Refuge in Minnesota

Award-winning Oyster Restoration Program Set to Expand

Engineering Award for Work in South San Francisco Bay

SER International

Strengthening Ties Between Restoration and Conservation by Keith Bowers

Articles

Socio-economic Characteristics and Contributions of the Natural Resources Restoration System in Humboldt County, California by J. Mark Baker

The Landscape Context in Forest Conservation: Integrating Protection, Restoration, and Certification by Nicholas C. Slosser, James R. Strittholt, Dominick A. DellaSala and John Wilson

The Folly of Coral Restoration Programs Following Natural Disturbances in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary by William F. Precht, Richard B. Aronson, Steven L. Miller, Brian D. Keller and Bill Causey

Changing Attitudes About Grassland Conservation in Missoula, Montana--"Weed Capital of the West" by Marilyn J. Marler, Kate Supplee, Marijka Wessner and Gerald Marks

Using Propagule Size to Identify the Cyperaceae of Northwester Pennsylvania: Carex, Eleocharis, Cyperus, Scirpus and Eriophorum by Fatimata Pale

Mapping Planning: Key First Steps to Eradicating the Weedy Plants That Dominate Riparian Systems in Urban California by Brad Burkhart and Mike Kelly

Ecological Restoration and Re-Understanding Ecological Time by Dr. Thomas B. Simpson

 

Notes

Insights on Fire-Mediated Shifts in Salamander, Forest Floor Cover Relationships (California) by Don J. Major

Winter Burns Maintain Natural Dwarf Pine Plains Communities in the New Jersey Pine Barrens by Anika N. McKessey, Walter F. Bien and James R. Spotila

Are Microcrustaceans Useful for Assessing Success of Wetland Pond Restoration? (South Carolina) by Barbara E. Taylor and Adrienne E. DeBiase

Community-Based Collaboration Restores Tidal Flow to an Island Estuary (Bahamas) by Craig A. Layman, D. Albrey Arrington and Margo A. Blackwell

Habitat Assessment of the Endangered American Chaffseed (New Jersey) by Jay F. Kelly

Controlling Oriental Bittersweet: A First Step Toward Coastal Grassland and Shrubland Restoration (Rhode Island) by Glenn D. Dreyer and Norma L. Kline

Combining Low Concentrations of Glyphosate and Tricloypr Effectively Controls Torpedograss in Laboratory Study (Florida) by Nora E. Fosman and David L. Sutton

Grass-Selective Herbicides Improve Diversity of Sites Infested with Japanese Stiltgrass (Pennsylvania) by Nora Peskin, David A. Mortensen, Brian P. Jones and Matt R. Booher

Unanticipated Predation of California Red-legged Frog at Constructed Wetlands (California) by Jeff A. Alvarez

Managing Firebreak Fuels to Promote Habitat of an Imperiled Moth (Massachusetts) by Sarah H. Haggerty and Paul R. Sievert

New Technologies Offers Rapid Assessment Protocol for Stream Restoration and Monitoring by Michael C. Sprague

Book Reviews

Assembly Rules and Restoration Ecology: Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice. Vicky M. Temperton, Richard J. Hobbs, Tim Nuttle and Stefan Halle, editors. 2004. Washington, D.C.: Island Press. Cloth, $90 ISBN: 1-55963-374-3. Paper, $45. ISBN: 1-55963-375-1. 439 pages. Review by Evan Weiher