The 21st North American Prairie Conference
Currently Accepted Abstracts

Plenary / Keynote Addresses
	FROM BROME, BEANS, AND BOVINE, TO BLUESTEM, BLAZINGSTAR AND BISON  *PAULINE DROBNEY, Land Management and Research Demonstration Biologist, USFWS, Midwest Region
	STATE NATURE RESERVE “CURONIAN SPIT” AS AN OBJECT OF UNESCO: ITS POTENTIAL AS A ZONE OF ECOTOURISM  *VIKTOR DEDKOV, Immanuel Kant State University, Kaliningrad, Russia
	THE PRAIRIE MEETS THE FARM  *WES JACKSON, President, The Land Institute, Salina, KA  67401
Anthropology (cultural, social aspects of prairie)
	HOW IMPORTANT IS PRAIRIE CONSERVATION IN THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY?: THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY OF NATURAL RESOURCE AGENCY EMPLOYEES AND CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION MEMBERS  *TODD PADDOCK, Sociology Department, Winona State University, P.O. Box 5838, Winona, MN 55987-5838, USA
Agriculture (soil)
	ORGANIC MATTER IN REMNANT AND RESTORED CAJUN PRAIRIE SOILS  *DOMINGO M. JARIEL, Division of Sciences and Mathematics, Louisiana State University at Eunice, Eunice, LA 70535, USA; MALCOLM F. VIDRINE, Division of Sciences and Mathematics, Louisiana State University at Eunice, Eunice, LA 70535, USA; MELODY A. MANSFIELD, Division of Sciences and Mathematics, Louisiana State University at Eunice, Eunice, LA 70535, USA
	PLANT AND SOIL NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS IN A RESTORED CAJUN PRAIRIE  DOMINGO M. JARIEL, Division of Sciences and Mathematics, Louisiana State University at Eunice, Eunice, LA 70535, USA; MALCOLM F. VIDRINE, Division of Sciences and Mathematics, Louisiana State University at Eunice, Eunice, LA 70535, USA; RALLEN R. FONTENOT, Division of Sciences and Mathematics, Louisiana State University at Eunice, Eunice, LA 70535, USA; *CAROLINE E. VIDRINE, Division of Sciences and Mathematics, Louisiana State University at Eunice, Eunice, LA 70535, USA
	CHANGES IN THE CARBON STOCKS OF AN ILLINOIS RESTORED PRAIRIE AND THE IMPLICATION FOR CARBON SEQUESTRATION  ROSER MATAMALA, Belowground Ecosystems Group, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA; JULIE JASTROW, Belowground Ecosystems Group, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA; R. MICHAEL MILLER, Belowground Ecosystems Group, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA; CHUCK T. GARTEN, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA; *SUSAN J KIRT, Belowground Ecosystems Group, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
Educational issues
	LEARNING ABOUT PRAIRIE RESTORATION ECOLOGY IN LARGE INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGY COURSES  *BRUNO BORSARI, Department of Biology, Winona State University, Winona, MN 55987, USA; KEN GRAETZ, E-Learning Center, Winona State University, Winona, MN 55987, USA; JOAN BERNARD, E-Learning Center, Winona State University, Winona, MN 55987, USA
	PRAIRIE WINDOW PROJECT:  PUBLIC EDUCATION THROUGH PRAIRIE RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION IN SC KANSAS  *BRAD GUHR, Dyck Arboretum of the Plains, Box 3000, Hesston College, Hesston, KS 67062, USA; SUSAN REIMER, 1422 Comanche Rd, McPherson, KS 67460, USA
	A PRAIRIE STORY: A COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL VENTURE BETWEEN KIRKSVILLE SCHOOLS, THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION, AND TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY  *DR. LIN TWINING, Biology Department, Truman State University, 100 East Normal Street, Kirksville, MO 63501; KAREN ARMSTRONG, Missouri Department of Conservation, 3500 South Baltimore Kirksville, MO 63501
	RESTORED AND MARGINAL PRAIRIES:  BIGGER IS BETTER BUT NOT NECESSARY  *PAUL MELCHIOR, Department of Biology, North Hennepin Community College, Brooklyn Park, MN 55445, USA; CRAIG  LONGTINE, Department of Biology, North Hennepin Community College, Brooklyn Park, MN 55445, USA
	BRINGING THE PRAIRIE TO THE PUBLIC: PART TWO  *STEPHEN R. JOHNSON, Ph.D. (Plant Ecology), 103 Independence Street, Pella, Iowa 50219 ; *MARY V. STARK, Ph.D. (English), Central College, Pella, Iowa 50219
	WHAT LAURA SAW:  MAKING A LITTLE HOME ON THE EXTREME GREAT PLAINS  *JAMES ARMSTRONG, Department of English, Winona State University, Winona, Minnesota  55987, USA; *KIM CHAPMAN, Applied Ecological Services, 21938 Mushtown Road, Prior Lake, MN, 55372, USA
Invasive species affecting prairies
	ALLELOPATHIC EFFECTS OF SERICEA LESPEDEZA ON PRAIRIE SPECIES  *ERICA A. CORBETT, Department of Biological Sciences, 1405 N. 4th St., PMB 4013, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant, OK 74701-0609
	ACCELERATING REED CANARYGRASS CONTROL WITH INTEGRATED VEGETATION MANAGEMENT  *CRAIG A. ANNEN, Integrated Restorations, LLC, 228 South Park Street, Belleville, WI 53508, USA
	IMPACTS OF REED CANARYGRASS (Phalaris arundinacea L.) ON COMMUNITIES OF SMALL MAMMALS  *ROBERT W. BADE, Department of Biological Sciences, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN 56001, USA; BROCK R. MCMILLAN, Department of Biological Sciences, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN 56001, USA
	EXPLAINING EXTRAORDINARY COMMUNITY DIVERSITY AMONG NEIGHBORING TALLGRASS PRAIRIE REMNANTS VIA EXOTIC PLANT INVASIONS  *DEVAN ALLEN McGRANAHAN, Iowa State University Rangeland Ecology Lab, Department of Natural Resources and Management, 339 Science II, Ames, Iowa  50010; DAVID M. ENGLE, Iowa State University Rangeland Ecology Lab, Department of Natural Resources and Management, 339 Science II, Ames, Iowa  50010; JAMES R. MILLER, Iowa State University, Department of Natural Resources and Management, 339 Science II, Ames, Iowa  50010; DIANE M. DEBINSKI, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa  50010
	EXPERIMENTAL MANAGEMENT OF COMMON BUCKTHORN RHAMNUS CATHARTICA ON A DRY BLUFF SAVANNA RESTORATION SITE  *ELIZABETH EATON, Department of Biology, Winona State University, Winona, MN 55987; SHERRY BRUTT, Department of Biology, Winona State University, Winona, MN 55987; KELLIE PETERSON, Department of Biology, Winona State University, Winona, MN 55987; NEAL MUNDAHL, Department of Biology, Winona State University, Winona, MN 55987
Landscape ecology
	Spatial Patterns and the Changes in Underlying Heterogeneity of Remnant Prairies in Southern Wisconsin  Carrie E. Read, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA; *John A. Harrington, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
	A PREDICTIVE MODEL FOR TALLGRASS PRAIRIE REMNANT DISTRIBUTION IN THE SOUTHWEST GRASSLANDS AREA OF WISCONSIN  *ALEXANDRA WELLS, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA; JOHN HARRINGTON, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
	FROM INSPIRATION TO RESTORATION: REPORT ON THE FIRST SIX YEARS OF THE RICE LAKE PLAINS JOINT INITIATIVE  *TODD FARRELL, Nature Conservancy of Canada, 18 Second Avenue Uxbridge, ON; MARK STABB, Nature Conservancy of Canada, 18 Second Avenue Uxbridge, ON
Plant physiology and botany
	ANAYLSIS OF PRAIRIE SPECIES DISTRIBUTION AT FORT POLK, LOUISISANA  *CHARLES ALLEN, CEMML, Fort Polk, LA 71459
	Genetic RELATIONSHIP AMONG poverty grass (Danthonia spicata) ECOYPES COLLECTED from Missouri and MINNESOTA AS REVEALED BY TRAP DNA MARKERS  *Hwei-Yiing Johnson, Cooperative Research and Extension, Lincoln University, Jefferson City, MO 65102, USA; Nadia Navarrete-Tindall, Cooperative Research and Extension, Lincoln University, Jefferson City, MO 65102, USA; Jinguo hu, USDA-ARS, Western Regional Plant Introduction Station, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
	SCREENING NATIVE GRASSES FOR BELOWGROUND TRAITS IMPORTANT FOR BIOENERGY PRODUCTION AND SOIL CARBON SEQUESTRATION  *SUSAN J KIRT, Belowground Ecosystems Group, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA; R. MICHAEL MILLER, Belowground Ecosystems Group, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
	ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF CAJUN PRAIRIE HERBS ON THE GROWTH OF Listeria monocytogenes  *AL-DUJAILI, JAMEEL, Division of Sciences and Mathematics, Louisiana State University at Eunice, Eunice, LA 70535, USA; MALCOLM F. VIDRINE, Division of Sciences and Mathematics, Louisiana State University at Eunice, Eunice, LA 70535, USA
	IMPROVING GERMINATION OF POVERTY GRASS [Danthonia spicata (L.) BEAUV. EX. ROEM & SCHULT]  *NADIA E. NAVARRETE-TINDALL, Cooperative Research and Extension, Lincoln University, Jefferson City, MO 65102, USA; HWEI-YIING JOHNSON, Cooperative Research and Extension, Lincoln University, Jefferson City, MO 65102, USA; J. W. VAN SAMBEEK, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
Prairie and the river
	MITES IN MOLLUSKS IN THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND THEIR COMMUNITY STRUCTURE *MALCOLM F. VIDRINE, Division of Sciences, Louisiana State University at Eunice, Eunice, LA 70535, USA BRUNO BORSARI, Department of Biology, Winona State University, Winona, MN 55987, USA.
	USE OF WATERSHED MODEL FOR ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT OF PRAIRIE GRASSLANDS: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK  *MAHESH PUN, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA; WAYNE E. WOLDT, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA
	THE MISSOURI RIVER IS NO LONGER A RIVER…  *JAMES J. GARRETT, Ph.D.  Cankdeska Cikana Community College, P.O. Box 269, Fort Totten, North Dakota 58335
	WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN AN URBAN WATERSHED  *LIZ QUEATHEM, PH.D., Biology X-15, Grinnell College, P.O. Box 1690, Grinnell, Iowa  50112-1690; GENE ROHR, 520 11th Avenue, Grinnell, IA  50112; JEAN PERRI, 927 Elm Street, Grinnell, IA  50112; DORIS HOTCHKIN, 1601 10th Avenue Place, Grinnell, IA  50112; BOB WEMER, 1830 8th Avenue, Grinnell, IA  50112; KIM GREENBERG, 1830 8th Avenue, Grinnell, IA  50112
	ASSESSMENT OF GEOMORPHIC CHANGE IN HEADWATERS PRAIRIE STREAMS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO SUSPENDED SEDIMENT LEVELS  *CHRISTIAN F. LENHART, Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA; KENNETH N. BROOKS, Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
Prairie and sustainability
	SURVIVAL OF THE WESTERN PRAIRIE FRINGED ORCHID AT PIPESTONE NATIONAL  *GARY D. WILLSON, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA MONUMENT; F. ADNAN AKYUZ, Department of Climatology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105, USA
	THE NATIVE PRAIRIE BANK EASEMENT PROGRAM: SUSTAINING PARTNERSHIPS WITH PRIVATE LANDOWNERS  *MELISSA A. DRISCOLL, SNA Land Protection Specialist, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources, Box 25, 500 Lafayette Road, St. Paul, MN 55155-4025
	RESTORING ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE: A THEORETICAL PLATFORM FOR FUTURE GRASSLAND RESTORATION  *STEPHEN L. THOMFORDE, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Department of Botany, 326 Birge Hall, 430 Lincoln Dr, Madison, WI 53706
	Successful AND Award Winning Restorations in Sustainable Developments and Open Spaces – How to communicate to the Development Community and to the Buying Public  *JACK PIZZO, Pizzo & Associates, Ltd. 10729 Pine Road, Leland, IL 60531
	WHAT IS THE ROLE OF PRAIRIES WITHIN CLIMATE CHANGE?  *BONNIE L. HARPER, LORE, USDOT, 380 Jackson Street, Ste. 500, St. Paul, MN 55101
Prairie entomology (and other arthropods)
	MOVEMENT OF KARNER BLUE BUTTERFLIES INTO AND BETWEEN PRAIRIE RESTORATIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR ESTABLISHING A VIABLE METAPOPULATION - *JOHN SHILLINGLAW, 1952 Palisades Dr., Appleton, WI  54915, USA; CRAIG SHILLINGLAW, Openlands, 25 East Washington, Suite 1650, Chicago, IL 60602, USA
	A PRAIRIE SO FULL OF PLANTS (but what about the bugs?)  *M. J. HATFIELD, 2505 Tullamore Lane, Ames, IA 50010
	AN INVENTORY OF PRAIRIE LEPIDOPTERA IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA STATE PARKS: IMPLICATIONS FOR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT  *SHAWN FRITCHER, MN DNR, Division of Parks and Recreation, Rice Lake State Park, Owatonna, MN 55060; JAMES BESS, OTIS Enterprises, Wanatah, IN 46390
	CHANGES IN THE WILD BEE FAUNA OF ROCKEFELLER PRAIRIE  *JENNIFER L. HOPWOOD, 33 Bessey Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
	butterfly Habitat Restoration on Reclaimed Mined Land of the Wilds in Southeastern Ohio  *NICOLE CAVENDER, Department of Restoration Ecology, The Wilds. Cumberland, OH 43732
	IMPACTS OF THE WEEVIL Apion rostrum ON SEED PRODUCTION IN WILD CREAM INDIGO BAPTISIA LEUCOPHAEA  KASEY M. PLUCINSKI, Department of Biology, Winona State University, Winona, MN 55987; *NEAL D. MUNDAHL, Department of Biology, Winona State University, Winona, MN 55987
	A comparison of Carabid beetle assemblages between TWO field TYPES in western Kansas  *SHAUN DUNN, Department of Biological Sciences, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS, 67601, USA; ROB CHANNELL, Department of Biological Sciences, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS, 67601, USA
Prairie exhibits (art, literature, photography, history)
	ALCHEMY OF AWARENESS:  HOW PRAIRIE EXPERIENCES BECOME AN ARTISTIC EXPRESSION  *MARILYN KLINKNER, W20531 Gilbo Lane, Galesville, WI, 54630, USA
	PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE ROLES OF THE PRAIRIE ARTIST   *GEORGE OLSON, P.O. Box 491, Woodhull, IL 61490
Prairie management (fire, prairie establishment)
	Best Management Practices for Canada Thistle in Native Prairies *roger becker, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
	THE EFFECTS OF ANNUAL RYE (Lolium multiflorum) ON NATIVE PLANT ESTABLISHMENT WHEN SEEDED AS A NURSE CROP IN A PRAIRIE RECONSTRUCTION  *DAVE WILLIAMS, Tallgrass Prairie Center, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614-0294, USA; DARYL SMITH, Tallgrass Prairie Center, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614-0294, USA
	THE EFFECTS OF PLANTING METHODS ON SEEDLING EMERGENCE AND ESTABLISHMENT IN A TALLGRASS PRAIRIE RECONSTRUCTION  *JUSTIN V. HUISMAN, Tallgrass Prairie Center, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa  50614-0294, USA; DARYL D. SMITH, Tallgrass Prairie Center, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa  50614-0294, USA; DAVE W. WILLIAMS, Tallgrass Prairie Center, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa  50614-0294, USA
	A METHOD TO CONTROL SMOOTH SUMAC WHILE MAINTAINING PRAIRIE BIODIVERSITY  *JAMES STUBBENDIECK, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583-0915, USA; ROBERT A. MASTERS, Dow AgroSciences, LLC, 9330 Zionville Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268 USA; SUSAN J. TUNNELL, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE  68583-0915, USA
	SOME OBSERVATIONS OF LONG-TERM PRAIRIE PLANT SUCCESSION AND STRUCTURE AT THE U.W. ARBORETUM  *J. A. SCHWARZMEIER, 101 W. Pembroke Way, Wales, WI  53183
	RESISTANCE TO INVASIVE CANADA THISTLE (Cirsium arvense) DURING PRAIRIE ESTABLISHEMENT  *MILTON HAAR and LEE KLOSSNER, University of Minnesota Southwest Research and Outreach Center, Lamberton, MN 56152; ROGER BECKER, University of Minnesota, Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, St. Paul, MN 55108
	A PRAIRIE GEM IN IOWA  *JOHANNA FOSTER, Biology Department, Wartburg College, Waverly, IA 50677, USA; JAMES TRAGER, Shaw Nature Reserve, Gray Summit, MO  63039, USA; EDWIN FREESE, Adel, Iowa 50003, USA
	use of low-level aerial photography for delineation of biological and physical features of tallgrass prairie  Kevin a. blecha, Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS  66506; *Donald P. Althoff, Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS  66506; Joanna B. whittier, Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS  66506; Philip S. Gipson, Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS  66506; philip b. woodford, Fort Riley ITAM Program (PBW), Fort Riley, KS 66442 USA
	THE EFFECTS OF VARYING SEEDING RATES OF Bouteloua curtipendula AND MOWING ON  NATIVE PLANT ESTABLISHMENT IN A NEW PRAIRIE RECONSTRUCTION  *RYAN WELCH, Tallgrass Prairie Center, University Of Northern Iowa 2412 W 27th St, Cedar Falls, IA 50613; DARYL SMITH, Tallgrass Prairie Center, University Of Northern Iowa 2412 W 27th St, Cedar Falls, IA 50613; DAVE WILLIAMS, Tallgrass Prairie Center, University Of Northern Iowa 2412 W 27th St, Cedar Falls, IA 50613
Prairie restoration
	INCREASING SEED DENSITY IN RESTORATION PLANTING: GREATER RICHNESS OR MORE OF THE SAME? - *WILLIAM J. SLUIS, Science Dept., Tri-State University, 1 University Avenue, Angola, Indiana 46703; MICHAEL MATTHEWS
	Forb species establishment increases with decreasing grass seeding density and with increasing forb seeding density in aN experimental prairie RECONSTRUCTION  *TIMOTHY L. DICKSON, Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
	THE EFFECTS OF FIRE FREQUENCY ON BIG BLUESTEM DOMINANCE AND PLANT DIVERSITY IN A MICHIGAN PRAIRIE RESTORATION  *JUSTIN L. HESLINGA, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109; ROBERT E. GRESE,   School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109
	SEEDS OF SUCCESS: NATIONAL TALLGRASS PRAIRIE SEED BANK PROJECT AT THE CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN  *EMILY YATES, Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL, 60022, USA; DAVE SOLLENBERGER, Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL, 60022, USA; PATI VITT, Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL, 60022, USA
	RECOVERY OF LISTED SPECIES WITHIN THE NATIVE PRAIRIES OF THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON  *JONATHAN BEALL, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Willamette Valley National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Corvallis, OR 97333, USA; STEVE SMITH, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Willamette Valley National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Corvallis, OR 97333, USA; CAT BROWN, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon State Office, Portland, OR 97266, USA
	THE ECOLOGICAL INFLUENCE OF Pedicularis canadensis IN SOUTHEREN WISCONSIN DRY REMNANT PRARIES  *LARS HIGDON, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1 Agricultural Hall 1450 Linden Dr. Madison, WI 53706
	THE SEEDS OF SUCCESS NATIONAL TALLGRASS PRAIRIE SEED BANK PROJECT: CONSERVING GENETIC DIVERSITY FOR HABITAT RESTORATION  *DAVE SOLLENBERGER, Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL, 60022, USA; EMILY YATES, Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL, 60022, USA; PATI VITT, Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL, 60022, USA
	USE OF SOIL DISTURBANCE AND RE-SEEDING TO INCREASE PRAIRIE PLANT SPECIES RICHNESS IN A POST-AGRICULTURAL FIELD IN SOUTHWEST OHIO  *JOHN E. SILVIUS, Department of Science & Mathematics, Cedarville University, Cedarville, Ohio  45314, USA; JESSICAH R. ZEHRING, Department of Science & Mathematics, Cedarville University, Cedarville, Ohio  45314, USA; TARA A. LAWLER, Department of Science & Mathematics, Cedarville University, Cedarville, Ohio  45314, USA
	ALDERVILLE FIRST NATION BLACK OAK SAVANNA AND TALLGRASS PRAIRIE: RESTORING A NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE  *ALISON CLARK, Natural Heritage Coordinator- Research and Restoration, Alderville First Nation, 1696 2nd Line Road, P.O. Box 46, Alderville, ON, K0K 2X0; JANINE MCLEOD, Natural Heritage Coordinator- Education and Outreach, Alderville First Nation, 1696 2nd Line Road, P.O. Box 46, Alderville, ON, K0K 2X0
	EFFECTS OF HERBICIDE AND SEEDING TREATMENTS ON RESTORATION OF ROADSIDE VEGETATION: limitations OF SHORT-TERM STUDIES  *ROBIN W. TYSER, Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI 54601, USA; JENNIFER M. ASEBROOK, Glacier National Park, West Glacier, MT 59936, USA
	The Effects of Chronic Nitrogen Application on a Mature Tallgrass Prairie Restoration and Nitrogen Mobilization into Above-ground Biomass of Andropogon gerardii  *Ann M. O’Neill, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Taylor University, Upland, IN 46989, USA; Paul E. Rothrock, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Taylor University, Upland, IN 46989, USA; Robert T. Reber, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Taylor University, Upland, IN 46989, USA
	AN EVALUATON OF PRAIRIE TRANSPLANT METHODS  *THOMAS ROSBURG, Department of Biology, Drake University, Des Moines, IA 50311, USA
	THE ROLE OF SOIL FERTILITY IN RESTORATION OF LOUISIANA’S COASTAL PRAIRIE  *LARRY ALLAIN, USGS, National Wetlands Research Center, 700 Cajundome Blvd., Lafayette, Louisiana
	LITTLE BLUESTEM PRAIRIE ESTABLISHMENT USING A TECHNIQUE OF CLOSE MOWING FOR TWO GROWING SEASONS  *MAURICE H. BRUCKER, 6606 N. Allen Road, Unit # 92, Peoria, Illinois 61614; EMIKO YANG, 6606 N. Allen Road, Unit # 92, Peoria, Illinois 61614
	SAND PRAIRIE ECOLOGY AND RESTORATION ON ARMY LANDS:  A PRIMER FOR LAND MANAGERS  *KURT A. BROWNELL, Mississippi River Natural Resource Section Office, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, La Crescent, MN 55947, USA
	RESTORATION OF BEDROCK DRY PRAIRIE AND NORTHERN BUR OAK SAVANNA REMNANTS, GARVIN HEIGHTS PARK, SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA  *CAROL A. JEFFERSON, Department of Biology, Winona State University, Winona, MN 55987, USA; PETER SIMON III, W5275 Gesser Road, Mauston, WS 53948, USA
	Role of Mycorrhizal Fungi in Native and Reconstructed Tallgrass Prairies  *MARY C DAMM, Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN  47405
Prairie wetlands
	EMERGENT WETLANDS RESTORED IN YAHARA RIVER AT CHEROKEE MARSH AND LAKE LEVEL REGULATIONS CHALLENGES TO RESTORATION EFFORTS  *RUSS HEFTY, Conservation Resource Supervisor, Madison Parks Division, City-County Building, Suite 104, 210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, P.O. Box 2987, Madison, WI 53701-2987.  Telephone (608) 267-4918.  Fax (608) 267-1162.
Prairie zoology
	REPATRIATION OF MASSASAUGAS (Sistrurus catenatus) TO THE OJIBWAY PRAIRIE IN WINDSOR, ONTARIO  PAUL PRATT, Ojibway Nature Centre, Windsor Parks and Recreation, Windsor, ON, N9C 4E8, Canada; *KAREN CEDAR, Ojibway Nature Centre, Windsor Parks and Recreation, Windsor, ON, N9C 4E8, Canada
	PERCHED SAND FAUNAS IN THE UPPER MIDWEST  *Philip A. Cochran, Biology Department, Saint Mary’s University, 700 Terrace Heights, Winona, MN 55987, USA
	MANAGEMENT FOR HENSLOW’S SPARROWS (Ammodramus henslowi) AT GREAT RIVER BLUFFS STATE PARK IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA  *RAYMOND A. FABER, Saint Mary’s University Of Minnesota, Winona MN 55987
Riparian flood plain
	EVALUATING THE HYDROECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF FLOOD PLAIN RESTORATION IN THE HEADWATERS OF THE EAST BRANCH PECATONICA RIVER, WISCONSIN  *ERIC G. BOOTH, Limnology and Marine Science, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA; STEVEN P. LOHEIDE, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA
	RIPARIAN FOREST ASSOCIATED WITH TALL-GRASS PRAIRIE:  SPECIES COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA  *THOMAS L. FREEMAN, Department of Biology, Division of Arts and Sciences, College of St. Mary, Omaha, NE 68106, USA
	A FLORISTIC ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF TWO WET MEADOWS IN THE MIDDLE AND SOUTH LOUP RIVER VALLEYS OF NEBRASKA  *STEVEN J. ROTHENBERGER, Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE 68849, USA; SARA L. VELOSO, Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE 68849, USA; JOELLE J. MCGEE, Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE 68849, USA
Seeds, seed ecology, seedlings
	UPLAND SEDGE (Carex SPP.)  PROPAGATION FOR SEED INCREASE  *GREG HOUSEAL, Tallgrass Prairie Center, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0294, USA;  DARYL SMITH, Tallgrass Prairie Center, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0294, USA
	QUANTIFYING GRANIVORY IN A RECONSTRUCTED PRAIRIE: AFFECTS OF SEASON, SPECIES, SEED PREDATORS, SACRIFICIAL FOOD, AND THE CHEMICAL DETERRENT CAPSAICIN  *CRAIG HEMSATH, Dept. of Biology, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50641, USA; LAURA L. JACKSON, Dept. of Biology, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50641, US
	SEED SIZE VARIATION AND ITS EFFECT ON SEED GERMINATION IN Gentiana puberulenta  *JANET GEHRING, Department of Biology, Bradley University, 1501 W. Bradley Avenue, Peoria, IL 61625 USA; Samuel Baker, Department of Biology, Bradley University, 1501 W. Bradley Avenue, Peoria, IL 61625 USA; Frances Berner, Department of Biology, Bradley University, 1501 W. Bradley Avenue, Peoria, IL 61625 USA; John Holmes, Department of Biology, Bradley University, 1501 W. Bradley Avenue, Peoria, IL 61625 USA; Eric Illian, Department of Biology, Bradley University, 1501 W. Bradley Avenue, Peoria, IL 61625 USA; Kaylin McMahon, Department of Biology, Bradley University, 1501 W. Bradley Avenue, Peoria, IL 61625 USA
	EPIZOOCHORY BY BISON IN A NEBRASKA SANDHILLS PRAIRIE  BRIAN F. FRANZONE, Department of Life Sciences, Wayne State College, Wayne, NE 68787, USA; TIERNEY R. BROSIUS, Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln NE 68583, USA; *MARK F. HAMMER, Department of Life Sciences, Wayne State College, Wayne, NE 68787, USA
	Prairie Seed Production and BioEnergy Project – Minnesota Department of Natural Resources  *Jason Garms, Scientific and Natural Areas Program, MN Department of Natural Resources, Windom, MN 56101, USA
	VIABILITY OF NATIVE WARM-SEASON GRASS SEEDS AFTER 30 YEARS OF STORAGE UNDER TWO DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS  *JOHN M. ROW, USDA NRCS, Manhattan Plant Materials Center, Manhattan, KS 66502, USA; RICHARD L. WYNIA, USDA NRCS, Manhattan Plant Materials Center, Manhattan, KS 66502, USA