Name
|
Topic
|
Preferred Audience
|
| Steven D. Bailey |
the Critical Trends Assessment Project (CTAP); statewide bird distribution trends in Illinois bird populations; effects of fragmentation and cowbird parasitism on Illinois birds; natural history of owls; general natural history programs including a variety of flora and fauna |
conservation groups, clubs, teachers, high school students |
| Patricia M. Charlebois |
Great Lakes exotic species; zebra mussel; round gobies; exotic zooplankton; dispersal barrier for the Chicago waterways |
any and all |
| Julie Claussen |
Fish, Pond Life, aquatic ecosystems, conservation issues |
Grades K-5 |
| Robert Cosgriff |
floodplain forestry, forest regeneration, response of floodplain forests to the 1993 flood event, and submersed aquatic vegetation of large river systems |
any |
| Kevin Cummings |
freshwater mussels; aquatic biodiversity |
clubs, conservation groups, teachers |
| Charles Helm |
immigrant insects in Illinois; host plant resistance: an alternative management strategy |
clubs, conservation groups, teachers |
| Dr. Bob Herendeen |
energy conservation and greenhouse effect; behavior of stressed ecosystems; Illinois resources |
service clubs, conservation groups, teachers |
| Dr. Steven R. Hill |
Rare plants of Illinois; poisonous plants; edible wild plants; how to make (and maintain) a plant collection (herbarium); carnivorous plants; botanical Latin (scientific names) and its use to gardeners; understanding plant scientific names; the tropical rainforest; the tropical dry forest; introduction to plant identification (how to identify plants); the plants of: New England, the Southeastern U.S., Dominica (the Caribbean), Costa Rica, the Amazon basin, Texas; extinction and conservation; Illinois hill prairies; the Beardstown sand prairies; invasive or exotic plants; natural plant communities. |
clubs, high schools, colleges, teacher training, conservation groups, grades 4-12 (for certain topics only) |
| Dr. Joyce Hofmann |
Illinois' small mammals; bats; threatened and endangered mammals |
students in grades K-12, clubs, conservation groups |
| Dr. Michael Jeffords |
the natural history of Illinois; insects of Illinois; wildflowers of Illinois; nature photography; natural areas of Illinois; biodiversity; other topics |
any |
| Jesse Kurylo |
soils and wetlands |
any |
| Dr. Jeff Levengood |
general wildlife ecology and management; waterfowl and wetland birds; contaminants in wildlife; furbearers; harvest management |
any |
| Carolyn Nixon |
insects; aquatic life; science and art; field sketching, other topics |
any |
| Dr. Robert Novak |
medical entomology; mosquitoes |
any |
| Dr. Christopher Phillips |
amphibians & reptiles of Illinois; declining amphibian crisis; effects of historical climate change on amphibians and reptiles; Ecology and Life History of the eastern massasauga rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus); Ecology, behavior, and evolution of pond breeding salamanders. |
any |
| Dr. Allen Plocher |
wetlands ecology, legislation, delineation, or restoration; tree identification; trees to plant in your backyard; forest ecology; woodlot management for environmental or wildlife habitat purposes; concern and control of invasive and exotic plant species |
any |
| Dr. Ken Robertson |
The Tallgrass Prairie Ecosystem of Illinois; The Rose Family-A Botanical Bonanza; Native Plants of Illinois-A Wealth of Diversity; Native Plants Close-up: The Hidden World of Flowers; Botanical Gardens of North America and Europe; The Basics of Plant Photography; Biodiversity-Some Basic Issues; Inspirations from the Tallgrass Prairie: Ecology, Art, and Literature |
any |
| Dr. John Taft |
Vegetation ecology of midwestern plant communities (esp. prairies, savannas/barrens, woodlands, flatwoods, peatlands); fire effects in woodlands and barrens; restoration ecology (including use of indicator species as measures of ecological integrity); threatened and endangered plants; orchids of Illinois; spring flora of Illinois; unique natural areas of Illinois; plants, people, and places of Kyrgyzstan (Central Asia). |
any |
| Dr. Steve Taylor |
caves; caving; cave biology; and karst groundwater contamination in Illinois and southeastern Missouri |
conservation groups, clubs, teachers, college level science/ environmental/ outdoor-education students, and any community group in a karst (cave) area of Illinois |
| Jeremy Tiemann |
freshwater mussels; fishes |
any |
| Dr. David Voegtlin |
aphids; aphids and native plants; natural biological control |
any |
| Scott Wiesbrook |
soils of Illinois, hydric soils, wetland delineation |
high school students, teachers, conservation groups, clubs |
| Mark J. Wetzel |
Annelida, Oligochaeta, aquatic and terrestrial worms, aquatic
invertebrates, springs, map and compass use |
any |
| Brian Wilm |
wetlands; habitat restoration; wetland wildlife |
high school students, teachers, conservation groups |
