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. 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