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HIGHLIGHTS
Wetland and Stream
Mitigation Bank Approved
Scientists in the Illinois State Geological
Survey (ISGS) Wetlands Geology Section assisted
the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT)
with plans for the Sugar Camp Creek Wetland and
Stream Mitigation Bank, a 105-acre wetland and
stream mitigation bank in Franklin County,
Illinois. The ISGS provided a hydrogeologic
characterization report, including recommendations
for wetland and stream restoration that were
incorporated into IDOT's site development plan.
The ISGS will continue to assist IDOT by monitoring
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EVENTS
Garden of the Gods Field Trips
October 24 and November 14, 2009
Registration is now open for the fall 2009
Geological Science Field Trips.
These field trips mark the 80th
anniversary of the ISGS' commitment to conduct
public field trips each year for the benefit of
the citizens of Illinois.
The Garden of the Gods area is located within
the Shawnee Hills of southern Illinois. Trip
participants will view many interesting rock
formations, given names such as Camel Rock, Anvil
Rock, and Devil's Smokestack. These rock
formations and cliffs at the Garden of the Gods
are made of sandstone deposited 320 million years
ago during the Pennsylvanian Period. Overlying
these sandstones, in the northern part of the
field trip area, are the Pennsylvanian
coal-bearing shales, siltstones, and sandstones
formed about 300 million years ago. In the
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HIGHLIGHTS
Grant Received for
Cataloging Library
The four Institute of Natural Resource
Sustainability librarians (Anne Huber, Illinois
State Geological Survey; Susan Braxton and Beth
Wohlgemuth, Illinois Natural History Survey; and
Laura Barnes, Illinois Sustainable Technology
Center) received a grant from the Consortium of
Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois
(CARLI) in July 2009. The grant will be used to
assist with retrospective cataloging of materials
from those three libraries and the Illinois State
Water Survey library. The cataloged records will
be migrated to the digital I-Share and WorldCat
catalogs. The Institute libraries hold many unique
and Illinois-specific documents,
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