Emiquon
2008: Restoration Begins
April
3, 2008
Presentations: Emiquon Overview
8:30 Welcome
and Logistics
Mike
Lemke
Emiquon
Field Station Director,
8:40 Geologic and archaeological history of
Emiquon
Ed
Hajic
Research Associate,
Mike
Wiant
9:00 Overview of the Emiquon Project
Doug
Blodgett
9:20 Restoration
Tharran
Hobson
Restoration Manager,
The Nature Conservancy
9:40 Visitor Use and Permits
Jason
Beverlin
Deputy
Director of the
10:00 Break
Monitoring and
Evaluation of Key Ecological Attributes
10:15 Overview of Key Ecological Attributes
Jim
Herkert
Director of
Science, The Nature Conservancy
10:30 Water quality
Mike
Lemke
Microbial
Ecologist, University of Illinois at Springfield
10:45 Aquatic and moist soil monitoring
Nerissa
Michaels
Emiquon Project Coordinator, Illinois River
Biological Station,
Natural History Survey
Randy Smith
Scientist,
Forbes Biological Station,
11:00 Fish community rehabilitation
Rob
Hilsabeck
Fisheries Biologist, Illinois Department of
Natural Resources
11:15 Fish community monitoring
Greg
Sass
Field Station Director & Large River Ecologist,
Illinois River Biological Station,
11:30 Waterfowl and wetland birds
Josh
Stafford
Field Station Director and
Waterfowl Ecologist, Forbes Biological Station,
11:45 Invertebrates
Maria
Lemke
Aquatic
Ecologist, The Nature Conservancy
12:00 Lunch
Networking
1:00 Research and Resources at the Emiquon
Field Station
1:15 Interaction by study organism/taxa
1:45 Interaction by habitat
2:15 Question - Answer
3:00 Break and Tour of Emiquon Preserve