Contents include: Turkeys on the edge of the prairie; Education outreach at the Survey: bringing science ot the people; Looking before we leap: all in a day's work at INHS; The naturalist's apprentice -- insect survival strategies
Contents include: Restoration ecology and research at the Illinois Natural History Survey; Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie: history and current research; Prairie restoration research at the Savanna Army Depot; Restoration of bottomland forests in the Cache River watershed; Fen Wetland restoration in Northeastern Illinois; How prescribed fire and management affect plants and animals in Central Illinois' oak-hickory forests; Community-level parameters as indicators of restoration success in fire-effects; Species spotlight -- little brown bat; The naturalist's apprentice -- build a house for bats!
Critical Trends Assessment Program Update, CTAP, A Far-Reaching Program, CTAP Monitoring Framework, Results, Conclusions, Direction, Vision for the Program, and the Upcoming CTAP-II Report, Announcing Field Guide to Butterflies of Illinois, Species Spotlight: Coyotes, The Naturalist's Apprentice: Coyote Word Search
Contents include: West Nile virus in Illinois; One botanist's view of the landscape; Insect-weed interactions in snap bean crops; creel surveys in Illinois; Species spotlight -- mistletoe; The naturalist's apprentice -- parasitic plants and animals crossword
Contents include: The art and science of communicating nature; Possible displacement mechanisms in non-native crayfishes; Nutrients in Illinois streams; How does suburbanization influence pest problems?; Are small, isolated prairie preserves sustainable?; Species spotlight -- black and yellow garden spider; The naturalist's apprentice -- capture a garden spider's web
Contents include: INHS inventories Smoky Mountains' flora; Changes in the pollinator guild of a prairie species in the past 70 years; Largemouth bass recruitment and stocking strategies; Species spotlight -- poison ivy; The naturalist's apprentice -- poison ivy look-alikes
Contents include: Illinois' got a brand-new bagworm parasite; Aphid speciation on pinyon pines; Early 1800s land cover in Illinois; Urban ecology; Land use and quail population biology; Species spotlight -- mourning cloak; The naturalist's apprentice -- nymphalid search
Contents include: Tracking movement of mate-seeking WCR males between refuges and transgenic corn; Inventorying the pyrenomycetes of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park; Illinois' green infrastructure; Illinois Natural History Survey Library grand opening celebration; In memorian -- John K. Bouseman; Evaluating streams in Illinois based on aquatic biodiversity; Species spotlight -- assassin bugs et al.; The naturalist's apprentice -- what's in a name
Contents include: Was that an armadillo I just saw?; Evaluation of growth, survival, and thermal selection differences among genetic stocks of muskellunge; SPOIL: the springs of Illinois; Soybean virus transmission by rootworms; Species spotlight --least weasel; The naturalist's apprentice -- Scientific illustration: draw a least weasel
Contents include: Deer in the suburbs of Chicago; Ecological monitoring for Illinois soils; Development of an individual-based model to evaluate growth and survival of walleye; the role of fire in maintaining plant diversity in oak woodland communities; Species spotlight -- orange throat darter; The naturalist's apprentice -- So many fishes! How do we tell them apart?