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Chicago Wilderness Journal
Back issues of the Journal are also available.
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Welcome to the Chicago Wilderness Journal!
This interdisciplinary online journal is published three times per year and serves as a forum for sharing project results and lessons that are being learned through biodiversity conservation work in the Chicago region. We encourage you to explore these pages to see how the innovations and investigations collected here might be useful to you in your own work. Please feel free to e-mail the Journal to colleagues. Past issues of the Chicago Wilderness Journal are available as PDF documents on the Archive page.
 Chicago Wilderness Journal: Volume 5, Number 1, March 2007
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Contents: Volume 5, Number 1, March 2007
Perspectives in Conservation
Can Biodiversity Survive Global Warming?
By Robert Sullivan and Milt Clark (page 2)
Features
Nutrient Farming: A Means to Finance Large-Scale Wetland Restoration
By Donald Hey, Jill Kostel, and Gary Sullivan (page 14)
Fermilab: A Microcosm of Chicago Wilderness
By Rod Walton (page 22)
Investigating the Reproductive Health of Hill’s Thistle (Cirsium hillii) Populations in the Chicago Region
By Jeremie Fant, Susanne Masi, John M. Keller and Rebecca Mann(page 29)
Book Review
The Chicago River: An Illustrated History and Guide to the River and Its Waterways By David M. Solzman
Reviewed by Cathy Jean Maloney (page 41)
Web Site Review
Web Resources for Global Climate Change
Reviewed by Robert Sullivan (page 43)
Guidelines to Authors
(page 48)
About the CW Journal
(page 51)
About the CW Journal
The Chicago Wilderness Journal is published by the Chicago Wilderness consortium on its member web site three times per year, in March, July and November.
An editorial board composed of scientists, sustainability professionals, education, and communication specialists from Chicago Wilderness member organizations guide the production of each issue in accordance with the mission of the journal and the goals of Chicago Wilderness. The opinions expressed in this journal, however, are solely those of the authors.
Board members are:
- Kristopher Lah, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Cathy Maloney, Prairie Club
- William Peterman, Chicago State University
- Robert Sullivan, Argonne National Laboratory
Mission of the Chicago Wilderness Journal:
- Facilitate the sharing of results and lessons learned from member-initiated projects and activities, including consortium-funded projects, team activities or the work of individual member organizations that would be useful to the wider membership;
- Through easily consumable articles discuss practical implications, interpret data, and/or make recommendations about issues within the areas of science, land management, sustainability, education, and communication in the Chicago region;
- Foster a sense of community among Chicago Wilderness members and improve members' ability to communicate with diverse audiences.
For information on how to submit articles or queries, please refer to the Guidelines to Authors. For other inquiries about this publication, please contact Lucy Hutcherson at (708) 688-8253 or luhutche@chicagowilderness.org.
CW Journal Back Issues
Looking for back issues of the CW Journal? Past issues of the Chicago Wilderness Journal are available as PDF documents on the Archive page.
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