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Volume 4, Number 3 - Fall 2006

• Perspectives in Conservation: Celebrating CW's 10th Anniversay (page 2)
• Past, Present, and Future Efforts of the Chicago Wilderness Teams (page 11)
• Combined Manual and Automated Conductivity Measurements to Assess the Dynamics of Road Salt Input to a Wetland (page 18)
• Trends of Change in Composition and Structure of Chicago Region Wetland Vegetation (page 25)
• The State of our Grasslands: Results from the Chicago Wilderness Grassland Audit (page 35)
• Book Review: Cities in the Wilderness: A New Vision of Land Use in America by Bruce Babbit (page 41)
• Guidelines to Authors (page 43)

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Volume 4, Number 2 - Summer 2006

• Chicago: Geographers' Metropolis
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• It's Easy Being Green—Green Makeover: Retrofitting Sites in Urban Areas to Enrich City Environments (page 5)
• Thirsty Plants, Dry Soil: Changes in Soil Moisture Content After the Removal of Invasive Species (page 11)
• Valuing Ecosystem Services in the Chicago Region (page 18)
• Trees used by Foraging Migrant Birds (page 27)
• Guidelines to Authors (page 31)

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Volume 4, Number 1 - Spring 2006

• The Calumet Initiative (page 2)
• Chicago Wilderness Audience Research Project (page 8)
• Wetland Conservation Strategy Model Development (page 12)
• The Sustainable Watershed Action Team (SWAT)—Providing Technical Assistance to Local Governments (page 19)
• Interpretive Training for Chicago Wilderness (page 25)
• Effects of Artificial Canopy, Mulch Application, and Mycorrhizae Inoculation on Restoration of Black Oak (Quercus velutina) Savanna in Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (page 30)
• Book Review: Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv (page 36)

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Volume 3, Number 2 - Fall 2005

• The Spirit of St. Louis: Cooperative Conservation as a Public Value (page 2)
• Assessment of Bird Populations in a High Quality Savanna/Woodland: A Banding Approach (page 5)
• Smoke: Promoting Germination of a Tallgrass Prairie Species (page 14)
• Accepting Flood Management Strategies: Public Perceptions of Rain Gardens in Chicago (page 20)
• The Ash Tree Population in the United States is Under Attack; What Are We Doing About It? (page 27)
• Birds and Buildings Conference (page 35)
• Book Review: Nature Friendly Communities by Christopher Duerksen and Cara Snyder (page 40)
• Web Site Review: Web Resources for North American Bird Identification (page 42)
• Guidelines to Authors (page 39)

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Volume 3, Number 2 - Summer 2005

• Plant Science Gardens in Conservation (page 2)
• Temporal Instability in Chicago’s Upland Old Growth Forests (page 5)
• Lessons Learned from the Chicago Wilderness Strategic Planning Process (page 17)
• Plant-Pollinator Associations in Reconstructed Prairies at Fermilab (page 24)
• The 2040 Regional Framework Plan (page 32)
• Status of Amphibians and Reptiles in Savanna Habitats and Savanna Mosaic Communities of the Chicago Wilderness Region (page 38)
• Book Review: Dune Boy by Edwin Way Teale (page 45)
• Web Site Review: Donors Forum of Chicago (page 42)
• Guidelines to Authors (page 39)

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Volume 3, Number 1 - Spring 2005

• Chicago Wilderness Congress: The Power of Partnership (page 2)
• The Story Behind the City of Chicago’s Green Roof (page 5)
• Learning to Adopt Ecosystem Management (page 10)
• Chicago vs. The Asian Longhorned Beetle: A Portrait of Success" (page 18)
• The Ecological Condition and Management Needs of Natural Areas in the Forest Preserve District of Cook County (page 23)
• Book Review: The Future of Life by E.O. Wilson (page 29)
• Web Site Review: Web Resources for Invasive Plant Species (page 32)
• Guidelines to Authors (page 39)

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Volume 2, Number 3 - Fall 2004

• The Role of Volunteers in Conservation (page 2)
• Comparing Costs of Conventional Versus Conservation Design (page 5)
• ADID (Advanced Identification) Studies: A Wetland Protection Tool (page 10)
• Biodiversity Interpretation: Going Beyond "Just the Facts Ma'am" (page 17)
• Promoting Native Landscaping: Barriers and Motivations for Chicagoland Residents (page 21)
• Regional Roundtables Project: A Strategy for Promoting Sustainable Development Practices (page 27)
• Book Review: Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West by William Cronon (page 31)
• Web Site Review: The Biodiversity Project (page 33)
• Guidelines to Authors (page 35)

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Volume 2, Number 2 - Summer 2004

• Towards a Biodiversity Literate Public (page 2)
• Long-Term Changes in Chicago Region Prairie Vegetation in Relation to Fire Management (page 7)
• The State of our Wooded Lands: Results from the Chicago Wilderness Woods Audit (page 16)
• Prairie on the Move (page 23)
• Chicago Wilderness Green Infrastructure Vision (page 27)
• Mighty Acorns: Fostering a Personal Connection to Nature Through Stewardship (page 35)
• Book Review: Hunting for Frogs on Elston: Essays by Jerry Sullivan (page 41)
• Web Site Review: vPlants: A Virtual Herbarium of the Chicago Region (page 43)
• Guidelines to Authors (page 45)

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Volume 2, Number 1 - Spring 2004

• Perspectives in Conservation: Indicators for Chicago Wilderness: Understanding and Acting on the Big Picture (page 2)
• Evaluating Stream Restoration and Bioengineering Practices in the Chicago Wilderness Region (page 5)
• Native Mussels of the North Branch of the Chicago River (page 12)
• Sterne's Woods and Fen (page 19)
• Chicago Wilderness Green Infrastructure Vision (page 27)
• Importance of Habitat Fragments to Bats in Chicago (page 24)
• Field Data Collection and Dissemination Using Mobile Computing and Communication Devices (page 29)
• Web Site Review: NatureServe Explorer (page 36)
• Guidelines to Authors (page 38)

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Volume 1, Number 1 - Fall 2003

• Perspectives in Conservation: Fertile Ground (page 2)
• Natural Partners: Chicago Wilderness and Asset Based Community Development (page 6)
• The Correspondence of Soil Series and Native Plant Communities in the Natural Areas of McHenry County, Illinois (page 12)
• Preliminary Findings on the Impact of Prescribed Burning on Prairie Spiders (page 17)
• Tracking Down Rare Plants: Plants of Concern Brings Together Volunteers, Agencies,Landowners & Scientists (page 22)
• And When They Got Together...Impacts of Eurasian Earthworm and Invasive Shrubs on Chicago Woodland Ecosystems (page 27)
• Book Review: Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously: Economic Development, the Environment, and Quality of Life in American Cities (page 32)
• Web Site Review: Butterflies of North America (page 34)
• Guidelines to Authors (page 36)