march 27 to 29, 2015 chicago botanic garden, glencoe...

CULTIVATING ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION WITHIN HUMAN DOMINATED LANDSCAPES

SEVENTH MIDWEST-GREAT LAKES SER CHAPTER MEETING March 27 to 29, 2015

Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Illinois

MEETING PROGRAM

Photo Credit: J. Meissen

WELCOME Welcome to the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Midwest-Great Lakes Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration. Our goal for this meeting is to highlight how ecological restoration at multiple spatial scales within human dominated landscapes is crucial for ensuring ecosystem and human health. It is particularly appropriate that our meeting location is within the Chicago metropolitan area that has continued to meet the challenge of balancing the preservation and restoration of natural areas and the increasing demands of a growing population since the early 1900s. Our scientific agenda for this three day meeting features two plenary sessions, a keynote address, three symposia, one workshop, 26 contributed poster presentations, 48 contributed oral presentations, and four offsite field trips on a range of topics that reflect our meeting theme. Our Meeting Hosts (Chicago Botanic Garden and Northwestern University’s Program in Plant Biology and Conservation) will offer a special joint plenary session and tour as part of the meeting. This joint session will highlight the role of botanic gardens in ecological restoration and provide an overview of the Chicago Botanic Garden’s restoration and conservation programs. We hope you will enjoy another outstanding forum for advancing the science and practice of ecological restoration within the Midwestern United States.

2015 ANNUAL MEETING COMMITTEE

The Chapter extends its sincere appreciation to the members of the Annual Meeting Committee for their time and effort in coordinating and developing the Seventh Annual Chapter Meeting: Rocky Smiley (Chairperson), Roger Anderson, Young Choi, Steve Glass, Dan Larkin, Jennifer Lyndall, Pamela Rice, Donald Tilton, and Lauren Umek

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We are very grateful for the generous support provided by our meeting hosts and sponsors that enabled us to hold a sponsorship reception, support student participation, defray food costs, and make our Annual Meeting as environmentally friendly as possible. We greatly appreciate the contributions of the members of the Local Planning Committee (Lauren Umek (Chairperson), Louise Egerton-Warburton, Jessamine Finch, Gail Kushino, Dan Larkin, Greg Mueller, Jessica Ross, Christopher Warneke, and Nyree Zerega) who assisted with planning the meeting and provided onsite help. We are also thankful for the participation of the meeting presenters, moderators, tour leaders, field trip leaders, volunteers, and attendees at our Seventh Annual Meeting.

SPONSORSHIP RECEPTION Enjoy drinks and snacks while examining poster presentations, viewing sponsorship exhibits, and socializing with colleagues.

MEETING HOSTS

SHARP-LOBED HEPATICA SPONSOR ENVIRON

GENESIS NURSERY

RUE ANEMONE SPONSOR STANTEC

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD THERKILDSEN FIELD STATION

PRAIRIE-TRILLIUM SPONSORS AGRECOL, LLC

APPLIED ECOLOGICAL SERVICES CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT

ENVIROSCIENCE JOHN G. SHEDD AQUARIUM

LANDSCAPES OF PLACE, LLC METRO CONSULTING ASSOCIATES

OZAUKEE WASHINGTON LAND TRUST PARTNERSHIP FOR RIVER RESTORATION & SCIENCE IN THE UPPER MIDWEST

PRAIRIE MOON NURSERY PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

TALLGRASS PRAIRIE & OAK SAVANNA FIRE SCIENCE CONSORTIUM THE NATURE CONSERVANCY

V3 COMPANIES

BLOODROOT SPONSORS BOLLINGER ENVIRONMENTAL INC.

DAVID BORNEMAN, LLC ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING & TECHNOLOGY, INC.

ISLAND PRESS PARKLANDS FOUNDATION TALLGRASS RESTORATION

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA TALLGRASS PRAIRIE CENTER

MEETING SCHEDULE OVERVIEW Friday March 27 Regenstein 10:00 am – 6:30 pm Registration (Krehbiel Gallery)

11:00 am – 7:30 pm Posters and Sponsorship Exhibits (Krehbiel Gallery & Nichols Hall)

11:00 am – 12:00 pm Student Career Workshop (Design Studio)

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch on your own

1:00 pm – 3:15 pm Opening Plenary Session (Alsdorf Auditorium)

3:15 pm – 3:30 pm Break

3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Symposia (Alsdorf Auditorium, Linneaus Room, & Pullman Room)

5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Poster Session & Sponsorship Reception (Krehbiel Gallery & Nichols Hall)

Saturday March 28 Regenstein and Plant Science Center 7:00 am – 11:00 am Registration (Krehbiel Gallery)

8:00 am – 2:45 pm Posters and Sponsorship Exhibits (Krehbiel Gallery & Nichols Hall)

8:00 am – 10:00 am Concurrent Oral Presentation Sessions (Alsdorf Auditorium, Linneaus Room, Nichols Hall, & Pullman Room)

10:00 am – 10:20 am Break

10:20 am – 12:20 pm Concurrent Oral Presentation Sessions (Alsdorf Auditorium, Linneaus Room, Nichols Hall, & Pullman Room)

12:20 pm – 12:30 pm Break

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch, Business Meeting, Awards Ceremony (Nichols Hall)

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Keynote Presentation (Alsdorf Auditorium)

2:30 pm – 2:45 pm Break

2:45 pm – 5:30 pm Joint Plenary Session and Tour (Alsdorf Auditorium, Chicago Botanic Garden grounds, and Plant Science Center)

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Student Mixer (Plant Science Center Seminar Room)

Sunday March 29 Offsite Field Trips

9:00 am – 5:00 pm Restoration of High Profile Urban Ecosystems

9:00 am – 2:00 pm Prairie, Savanna, & Oak Restoration in

Somme Forest Preserve

The Glen and Grove: Local

Protection and Restoration of Natural Areas

Ravine, Bluff, & Lakeshore Restoration

at the Openlands Lakeshore Preserve &

Bowen Ravine

* All times are central daylight times

STUDENT CAREER WORKSHOP - FRIDAY MARCH 27, 2015

Building a Resume and Preparing for Interviews (Design Studio) Facilitator: Jennifer Lyndall, ENVIRON International Corporation, Burton, Ohio, Email: [email protected] Bring your resume for an editing session with Midwest-Great Lakes SER Chapter members. We will help you tailor your resume to package your skills and experience so that your resume will stand out from the crowd. Chapter members will also provide tips and strategies to help you successfully network and prepare for interviews. We will discuss how to present and promote yourself in the best manner - including attire, etiquette, social media, and branding. We will also help you tap into the hidden job market (i.e., those job opportunities that are never officially posted) and the numerous resources to find internships and job openings.

OPENING PLENARY SESSION – FRIDAY MARCH 27, 2015

URBAN RESTORATION AT MULTIPLE SPATIAL SCALES

Representatives from the Lake County Forest Preserve District, The Pizzo Group, and the U.S. Forest Service will share their experiences with urban restoration and their thoughts on how to improve urban restoration efforts with the explicit consideration of incorporating multiple spatial scales into the project design.

1:00 – 1:05 pm: Jennifer Lyndall. Introduction. ENVIRON International Corporation, Burton, Ohio. Email: [email protected] 1:05 – 1:30 pm: Westphal, Lynne M. Thinking about Scale When We’re Talking about People. USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Evanston, Illinois. Email: [email protected]

Scale is as much an issue in the social sciences as it is in ecological sciences. Social science scales range from the individual to the global. What are the scales used by social scientists? And how do these inform, intersect with, or provide new questions for the act of restoration? Drawing on data from the STEW-MAP (Stewardship Mapping & Assessment Project) database (stewmap.cnt.org), I will highlight the variation of scale of groups participating in stewardship activities throughout the Chicago Wilderness region. Along with understanding scale from the perspective of social science, it is interesting to consider the effect of site scale on human experience of restoration settings. Site scale is relevant to people’s interaction with a site, and the experiences available there. While large sites are important both ecologically and for human engagement, small – even tiny – sites also provide very meaningful experiences for people. These experiences may help support restoration of larger scale sites, and they certainly provide meaningful benefits to people, increasing the importance of restoration sites across a very wide range of scales. 1:30 – 1:55 pm: Pizzo, Jack. Green and Natural Spaces in Your Community: A Guide to Living with and Managing Naturalized Landscapes and Natural Areas. The Pizzo Group, Leland, Illinois. Email: [email protected]

We all seek to raise awareness in our constituents, friends, neighbors, and clients of their role in the vast ecological system in which they live. All of us live, work, and play within a short distance of a green or natural space and these spaces offer teaching opportunities about our ecological role. These spaces exist as remnant natural areas, new naturalized areas, or are part of the storm water management system. Most people don’t understand why these areas exist or how they are managed. This misunderstanding has caused a lack of effective management. Public landowners face the same issues as private landowners and I have found an excellent way to raise their ecological awareness is through the idiom, “speak to them in a language they understand.” We must have a genuine interest in the constituencies to whom we are speaking and choose our words carefully to gain a mutual understanding. If beauty is what they seek, then sell them that “good ecology is beautiful.” If speaking to a physician, use a physiological analogy. If speaking to a hunter, highlight the hunting and harvesting opportunities. Surely, we can use a diverse array of words and ideas. Images are also a great communication tool, but only if they are authentic. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then before and after pictures of a restored natural area is worth a 2000 word essay. I feel it is important to educate the public and professionals who make decisions about green and natural spaces, but also to educate the ecological restoration industry about how to interact with the public. I will discuss the highly visible restoration activities of my company, such as fire and tree clearing, and the esoteric such as the relationship of songbirds, lepidopterans and the genus Quercus to the landscape.

1:55 – 2:20 pm: Anderson, Jim. Successful Restoration of Urbanized Natural Areas in a Metropolitan Area of Lake Michigan. Lake County Forest Preserve District, Libertyville, Illinois. Email: [email protected]

Restoration of natural areas that are located within an urban setting present many challenges for restoration ecologists and planners. Natural areas are highly impacted by changes in the natural functions that historically sustained them. Human impacts to hydrology, soils, physical structure, and vegetation composition along with introductions of invasive species have greatly degraded the quality and quantity of natural areas within Lake County, Illinois and the surrounding region. Influences of natural systems like Lake Michigan, river corridors, oak groves, prairies, and wetlands have been highly degraded and require substantial resources and finances to restore ecological functions that naturally sustained these systems. Restoration ecologists and planners have to become inventive, resourceful, and willing to collaborate to reverse the negative trends influencing our natural communities and species assemblages. In addition, there are other factors that influence the success of restoration efforts that are out of the control of restoration ecologists. Funding and staff are major impediments to implementing successful restoration efforts, but other factors like political will and time can also be very limiting. Recent efforts by the Forest Preserve and its partners have refocused regional efforts to prioritize and implement restoration efforts across larger landscapes and community types. These changes requires new strategies for restoring natural areas that includes consideration of current and future stresses of urbanized landscapes that will continue to influence restoration efforts spatially. All of these challenges need to be considered as restoration strategies are considered and implemented across the region. 2:20 – 2:45 pm: Glass, William D. A Large Scale Prairie Restoration in an Urban Setting. Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Wilmington, Illinois. Email: [email protected]

The Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, a unit of the USDA Forest Service, is located just 64 km southwest of Chicago, Illinois. Midewin is currently around 77 km2 and will grow to approximately 81 km2 in the near future. The land was formerly the Joliet Army Ammunition Plant. The Forest Service developed a “Prairie Plan” with public input to determine the direction of the restoration work. The plan calls for restoring large portions of the land into a high diversity mosaic of prairie and wetlands with areas of woodland and savanna along the streams bisecting the landscape. Another major goal of the plan is to continue providing habitat for grassland birds. The large size of Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie allows the Forest Service to reintroduce processes and restoration activities that may not be possible on small units. The large size allows a restoration of the altered hydrology to a more natural state by removing field tiles and filling drainage ditches. Bison will be introduced to return the grazing element of the restored prairie, an important element that has been missing. Bison will also help with grassland bird habitat management. The large size of Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie has its challenges, especially given its location within a rapidly developing urban area. Impacts from encroachment are a problem and other, more subtle impacts including noise and lighting are also negatively impacting the area. 2:45 – 3:15 pm: Panel Discussion. All speakers will take questions from the audience and further discuss their views related to the importance of incorporating multiple spatial scales in ecological restoration.

SYMPOSIA FRIDAY MARCH 27, 2015

Symposium #1 (Linneaus Room): Dam Removal and the No Net Loss Wetlands Policy Organizers and Presenters: William C. Fleece, Stantec Consulting Services, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio. Brian Karczewsk, Stantec Consulting Services, Inc., Cottage Grove, Wisconsin. Joey Seamands, Stantec Consulting Services, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio. WCF Email: [email protected]; BK Email: [email protected]; JS Email: [email protected] The objective of the Clean Water Act is to “restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation’s waters”. Dam demolition removes impoundments that degrade water quality, it restores natural physical processes like sediment transport, and it eliminates barriers that alter essential migratory and reproductive processes. However, dam removal may also adversely affect wetlands created by the dam that exist in and around the project area. Direct effects from construction fill are generally small and self-mitigating. Indirect effects from the lowering of the dam pool, and the subsequent altered hydrology, can be quite large and may exceed hundreds of acres. Presently, there is limited precedent on how to reconcile the tradeoffs between the value of improved riverine ecosystem function as a result of dam removal relative to the loss of dam created wetlands in the current regulatory review processes. The objective of this session is to examine the “no net loss wetlands policy” as it relates to dam removal. We will present case studies that 1) characterize riverine impairments from dams and restoration potential, 2) characterize functions and values of wetlands created by dams, and 3) review regulatory and institutional obligations that feature in decisions regarding dams and wetlands. This session will culminate in a facilitated discussion designed to solicit feedback from restoration practitioners on these topics.

Time Presenters Title 3:30 – 4:00 pm Fleece, William C. The case for dam removal

4:00 – 4:30 pm Seamands, Joseph Ballville Dam removal – a case study of wetland mitigation for aquatic resource restoration

4:30 – 5:00 pm Karczewski, Brian Review of regulatory and institutional obligations that feature in decisions regarding dams and wetlands

5:00 – 5:30 pm Question and answer session

Symposium #2 (Alsdorf Auditorium): Life Along the Edges: A Discussion of the Value of Field Margins, Hedgerows, and Buffers in the Modern Landscape Organizer: Dave Coulter. Osage Inc., Oak Park, Illinois. Email: [email protected] Presenters: Wendy Caldwell, Monarch Joint Venture, St. Paul, Minnesota. Rhonda J. Ferree, University of Illinois Extension, Havana, Illinois. Adrian Ayres Fisher, Triton College, River Grove, Illinois. Jim, Kleinwachter, The Conservation Foundation, Naperville, Illinois. Stephan J. Swanson, Glenview Park District, Glenview, Illinois. Field margins, hedgerows, and buffers are features in the landscape that are - depending on the eye of the beholder - either prized, despised, or somewhere in between. In the early 21st century such vegetated edges are attracting renewed attention, especially in light of recent losses to pollinator and bee populations. On one hand, there is research that points to the habitat that can be gained by thoughtful installation and management of marginal areas consisting of native plantings. Conversely, there are also those who feel that these elements are merely harbors for invasive species, and are potential population sinks that do not really benefit wildlife. If this is an idea that is looking for a home, then where is it? The uses of hedgerows, conservation plantings, and other buffer types have been promoted in agricultural landscapes for many years, and for good ecological reasons. Can and should these plantings be expanded into urban areas? Overseas, the use and management of these marginal areas is a discipline in its own right, based on historical and cultural practices. Might there be room in the American landscape for such features? Where might it be? Are restorationists and landscape managers missing an opportunity to reinvigorate old practices for this modern era?

Time Presenters Title

3:30 – 3:35 pm Coulter, Dave Introductory comments

3:35 – 3:55 pm Swanson, Stephan J. John Kennicott and the history and role of hedgerow plantings at The Grove National Historic Landmark

3:55 – 4:15 pm Ayres Fisher, Adrian Do three shrubs make a hedgerow? Reflections on hedgerow structure and usefulness in several contexts

4:15 – 4:35 pm Ferree, Rhonda J. University of Illinois Extension Master Naturalists partner with organizations to restore natural habitats in local communities.

4:35 – 4:55 pm Kleinwachter, Jim Improving existing greenways – using trails and waterways to connect open space

4:55 – 5:20 pm Caldwell, Wendy Monarchs in the margins: creating and restoring habitat for pollinators


Symposium #3 (Pullman Room): Ecological Engineering and Restoration within Heritage Park to Alleviate Downstream Buffalo Creek Flooding and Water Quality Impacts Organizer: Ted Haffner. Terry Guen Design Associates, Inc., Chicago, Illinois. Email: [email protected] Presenters: Hsing Chu, AECOM, Chicago, Illinois. Ted Haffner, Terry Guen Design Associates, Chicago, Illinois. Michelle Inouye, AECOM, Chicago, Illinois. Larry Raffel, Wheeling Park District, Wheeling, Illinois.

Ecological restoration within human dominated landscapes requires careful thought and planning for people and landscapes, as well as multidisciplinary cooperation. As project lead agency, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRDGC) serves 2287 km2 and approximately 5.2 million residents of Cook County, Illinois. Parts of its mission include protecting the health, safety, water quality, businesses and homes from flooding, and management as a vital resource for its service area. This symposium will describe the restoration and creation of a 0.3 km2 deed restricted buffer adjacent to Buffalo Creek within the boundaries of Heritage Park in Wheeling, Illinois as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) / Illinois Department of Natural Resources Levee 37 project of the Des Plaines River. This project is the result of intergovernmental cooperation among MWRDGC, Wheeling Park District, and the USACE to mitigate downstream flooding impacts and increase water quality via use of compensatory storage and other best management practices within this tributary of the Des Plaines River. In addition to the deed restricted area restoration, design requirements included state of the art playfield facilities for ball sports, a new concert/performance venue, and 0.4 km2 of native habitat restoration surrounding Lake Heritage. Green infrastructure best management practices used included realignment and re-grading of Buffalo Creek to restore natural stream and floodplain functions, native planting, and the introduction of a low-flow channel with mild meanders and riffle structures. This symposium will explore the art, science, success and the challenges of restoring a flowing and flashy creek and updating a community amenity while balancing the requirements of all involved parties to redefine open space that is beneficial to the residents of both Wheeling and Cook Counties. Time Presenters Title

3:30 – 3:50 pm Inouye, Michelle Contextual introduction to the Heritage Park Project and project background

3:50 – 4:10 pm Raffel, Larry Balancing green infrastructure and programmatic requirements for design and public use at Heritage Park, Wheeling, Illinois

4:10 – 4:30 pm Chu, Hsing Heritage Park civil and hydrological engineering and best management practices for Buffalo Creek

4:30 – 4:50 pm Haffner, Ted Ecological restoration goals and strategies for locating and designing Heritage Park’s natural areas

4:50 – 5:10 pm Raffel, Larry Heritage Park Natural Areas Project quality control relationship and assessment


POSTER SESSION - FRIDAY MARCH 27, 2015 Krehbiel Gallery & Nichols Hall 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Poster# Presenters Title 1 Abernathy, Jessica E.* & M.

Sherrard The utility of tallgrass prairie reconstructions as a bioenergy feedstock

2 Damm, Mary C., M. Bogonovich, & D. Specht

Plant species associations in native and reconstructed Iowa tallgrass prairies

3 Tiemens, Rebecca*, R. Shmagranoff, & Y. D. Choi

Primary productivity of a restored prairie and an old field in Taltree Arboretum, Valparaiso, Indiana

4 Riebkes, Jessica*, D. Williams, & Laura Jackson.

Effect of predator satiation on seed predation in roadside prairie plantings

5 Finch, Jessamine C.*, Devoid, K. Havens-Young, & J. Walck

Dispersal strategy predicts tolerance ranges for dormancy loss and germination for two Midwestern forbs: implications for seed sourcing under climate change

6 Campbell, Ryan E. Fermilab seed rate study: impacts of seed mix weight on prairie restoration success

7 Simmons, Matthew, C. Sthultz, & J. Dowler

The influence of patch-burn grazing on plant community structure in a restored Minnesota tallgrass prairie

8 Wegener, Mark & J. B. Zedler Curtis Prairie: more than a prairie…

9 Cook, Benjamin J., J. M. Refsland, & T. L. Christensen

Developing goat grazing as a land management tool in Minnesota land restoration

10 Warrix, Adam R.* & J. M. Marshall

Influence of fire on callery pear in a managed prairie

11 Talkington, Nora E.* & A. Kramer

Can experienced genotypes improve grassland restoration outcomes?

12 Basey, Adrienne C.*, A. T. Kramer, & J. Fant

Producing native plant materials for restoration: ten rules to collect and maintain genetic diversity

13 Rothrock, Paul & P. Labus

Assessing restoration status of dune and swale communities, south shore Lake Michigan

14 Majka, Brian R.

Current trends in natural shoreline engineering

Student presentations are denoted with an * following the name of the presenter

Poster Session Continued

Poster # Presenters Title 15 Benedict, Melissa M.* & A. M.

Lemke

Benthic macroinvertebrate community response to large-scale lake restoration

16 Gordon, Brad*, C. Lenhart, D. Current, & N. Ross

Nitrogen reduction in a constructed wetland and wetland mesocosms

17 Chen, Xiaoyong

Spatial distribution of large woody debris in Thorn Creek watershed in northeastern Illinois

18 Ning, Chen*, G. Mueller, L. Egerton-Warburton, & A. Wilson.

Functional response of ectomycorrhizal fungal community to nitrogen deposition on slash pine (Pinus elliottii) plantation in south-central China

19 Chavez, Samantha J.* & A. Yannarell

Microstegium vimineum invasion impacts the functioning of archaeal and bacterial nitrification

20 Flower, Charles E., R. A. Ford, R. P. Long, M. A. Gonzalez-Meler, & K. S. Knight

Using data from permanent forest monitoring plots in northwest Ohio to guide restoration in forests impacted by emerald ash borer

21 Hevey, Jr., Robert D.* & L. Edgerton-Warburton

Ectomycorrhizal community recovery in a Quercus savanna following restoration from a Rhamnus cathartica invasion

22 Ellingson, Emily K.*, J. M. Bradeen, & S. C. Hokanson

Evaluating the genetic diversity of an endangered tree species, eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), in Minnesota to provide a framework for conservation

23 Ingram, M., Stephen Glass, & M. Wegener

Incorporating human impacts into restoration planning at the University of Wisconsin Arboretum

24 Palmer, C. J., M. A. Stapanian, T. E. Lewis, M. M. Amos, Louis J. Blume, K. Rodriguez, & J. Schofield

Efforts to improve the reliability of data collected to determine ecological restoration project success

25 Roberts, V.M. Summer*

Determining suitable parcels for restoration and conservation in Washtenaw County, Michigan using MCE analysis

26 Anderson, Roger C.

The ParkLands Foundation: a grassroots conservation organization


CONCURRENT ORAL PRESENTATIONS - SATURDAY MARCH 28, 2015 (ALSDORF AUDITORIUM)

Restoration for Species of Concern. 8:00 am – 10:00 am Moderator: Adrienne Basey

8:00 – 8:20 Beck, Jared J., S. Wagenius, & G. Kiefer

Turning up the heat: prescribed fire and the reproduction of Echinacea angustifolia

8:20 – 8:40 Jackson, Laura L. Replacing lost monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) habitat in the upper Midwest: building elements of a successful program

8:40 – 9:00 Michaels, Helen J., A. Barwinski, & A. Hill

Nectar resources for oak savanna butterfly restoration

9:00 – 9:20 Phillips-Mao, Laura & S. M. Galatowitsch

Model-based scenario planning to develop climate change adaptation strategies for rare plant populations in grassland reserves

9:20 – 9:40 Shuey, John & C. Bladow

Climate change adaptation at the site level – using restoration and management to enhance ecological resilience

9:40 – 10:00 Tonietto, Rebecca K.* & D. J. Larkin

Bee community composition along a restoration chronosequence in the Chicago Wilderness region

Prairie Establishment and Management. 10:20 am – 12:20 pm Moderator: Todd Aschenbach

10:20 – 10:40 Alstad, Amy O.* & E. I. Damschen

Seed size and site stress interact to determine establishment success in prairie restoration

10:40 – 11:00 Aschenbach, Todd A. & P. Ruta

Site preparation for sand prairie restoration at the Newaygo Prairies Research Natural Area, Manistee National Forest, Michigan

11:00 – 11:20 Barak, Rebecca S.*, A. Hipp, M. Bowles, W. Sluis, R. Tonietto, & D. Larkin

Patterns of phylogenetic diversity in remnant and restored tallgrass prairies in Illinois

11:20 - 11:40 Bach, Elizabeth M., R. J. Williams, & K. S. Hofmockel

Soil fungal community composition and ecosystem functioning in restored tallgrass prairies managed for bioenergy

11:40 – 12:00 Meissen, Justin C.*, S. M. Galatowitsch, & M. W. Cornett

Can harvesting too much wild tallgrass prairie seed cause population declines? An experimental approach at Spring Prairie, Minnesota

12:00 - 12:20 Shaw, Kristin Ecological Places in Cities (EPIC): urban conservation at multiple scales


CONCURRENT ORAL PRESENTATIONS - SATURDAY MARCH 28, 2015 (NICHOLS HALL)

Whole Community Restoration. 8:00 am – 10:00 am Moderator: Kathleen Knight

8:00 – 8:20 Benedict, Logan*, M. J. Lemke, F. Velho, L. C. Rodrigues, K. Dungey, & A. Kent

Plankton community changes in the early phase of Thompson Lake restoration, Emiquon Preserve, Illinois

8:20 – 8:40 Brunner, Jack, A. Bixler, M. Solorio, & C. Wodrich

Habitat restoration and community revitalization: Grand Calumet River and Roxana Marsh

8:40 – 9:00 Knight, Kathleen S., R. Hefflinger, R. Ford, K. Baggett, & J. M. Slavicek

Factors affecting establishment and growth of planted tree seedlings in floodplains impacted by emerald ash borer

9:00 – 9:20 Grieser, Jennifer, K. Jarden, & A. Jefferson

Results of West Creek Ecosystem Restoration Project through green infrastructure

9:20 – 9:40 Buss, Clayton D.*, H. Chen, & A. McEuen

Storage of soil organic carbon and total nitrogen in restored wetlands and croplands of Illinois: a chronosequence approach

9:40 – 10:00 Lenhart, Chris, D. Kane, P. Lenhart, A. Dangler, A. Rifenburgh, R. Gurule, S. Stoepfel, & T. Parrett

Ecological restoration, research, and education on farmland in the former Great Black Swamp of Ohio

Restoration of Ecosystem Services. 10:20 am – 12:20 pm Moderators: Nicholas Basta & Matthew Davies

10:20 – 10:40 Basta, Nicholas T., D. M. Busalacchi, L. S. Hundal, K. Kumar, R. P. Dick, R. P. Lanno, J. Carlson, A. E. Cox, & T. C. Granato

Restoring ecosystem function in degraded urban soil using biosolids, biosolids blend, and compost

10:40 – 11:00 Bassett, Tyler*

Prairie restoration for the provision of ecosystem services

11:00 – 11:20 Overbeck, Will W., B. Semel, & J. C. Nelson

Hydrologic restoration and plant community response at a rare graminoid fen in northeastern Illinois

11:20 - 11:40 Tsang, Byron, Z. Yermakov, K. Jones, & G. Sullivan

Wetlands restoration at Big Marsh: challenges and opportunities

11:40 – 12:00 Grill, Rebecca F. & Adam R. Thada

Wetland restoration and enhancement in the Chicago Wilderness: a five year look at the 25-acre Skokie River Woods project

12:00 - 12:20 Funk, Joseph C. & S. K. Chapman

The application of habitat suitability modeling to invasive species management for ecosystem restoration


CONCURRENT ORAL PRESENTATIONS - SATURDAY MARCH 28, 2015 (PULLMAN ROOM)

Assessment and Evaluation of Restoration Outcomes. 8:00 am – 10:00 am Moderator: Rebecca Barak

8:00 – 8:20 Bingham, Joel

A conceptual framework for restoration performance assessment

8:20 – 8:40 Bohnen, Julia L. & S. M. Galatowitsch

Evaluation of publicly funded restorations in Minnesota

8:40 – 9:00 Collings, Rebecca

Chicago Wilderness Excellence in Ecological Restoration Program – how to establish and accredit best practices in ecological restoration

9:00 – 9:20 Morgan, Benjamin* & L. Egerton-Warburton

Documenting baseline communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a threatened Mexican seasonally dry tropical forest

9:20 – 9:40 Bollinger, Paul

Pre- and post-restoration vegetative data collection for the CICN Dolomite Prairie Enhancement Project, Will County, Illinois

9:40 – 10:00 Carrington, Mary E., L. Baldacci, N. Jankowski, C. Kirian, M. Levins, A. Merisko, M. Mohammad, & G. Robertson

Congruence between bee and plant taxa in Illinois tallgrass prairie restorations

Aquatic and Stream Restoration. 10:20 am – 12:20 pm Moderator: Chris Lenhart

10:20 – 10:40 Marek, Mike

Floating Islands: surrogate fish habitat in the Milwaukee River Estuary

10:40 – 11:00 Niehaus, Jeff & J. Bingham

Sometimes they do come, if you build it - recovery of a fish community in an urban landscape

11:00 – 11:20 Smiley Jr., Peter C. & E. J. Gates

Evaluating the feasibility of adding small instream wood as part of restoration efforts in channelized agricultural headwater streams

11:20 - 11:40 Straub, Craig A. & B. J. Kwiatkowski

Floodplain restoration: resolving water quality impairments with a non-point source pollutant attenuation system

11:40 – 12:00 Lawrence, Beth A., Y. Rodriguez, S. Lishawa, & N. Tuchman

Herbicide management of invasive cattail (Typha × glauca) increases porewater nutrient concentrations

12:00 - 12:20 Graff, Shawn & W. Mueller Importance of Lake Michigan/shoreline restoration efforts to birds


CONCURRENT ORAL PRESENTATIONS - SATURDAY MARCH 28, 2015 (LINNEAUS ROOM)

Invasive Species. 8:00 am – 10:00 am Moderator: Stephen Glass

8:00 – 8:20 Dolan, Rebecca W., K. Harris, & M. Adler

Community involvement to address a long-standing invasive species problem: civic ecology practice in action

8:20 – 8:40 Dietz, Alyssa K.*& H. J. Michaels

Soil and litter legacy effects of Lake Erie invasive flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus)

8:40 – 9:00 Loebach, Chris A.* & R. C. Anderson

Experimentally measuring seed dispersal distances of the invasive plant, garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

9:00 – 9:20 Warneke, Christopher*, K. Havens, & P. Vitt.

Feeding preferences of the biocontrol weevils Larinus minutus and Larinus obtusus: implications for Cirsium pitcheri restoration

9:20 – 9:40 Christensen, T. L., Benjamin J. Cook, & J. M. Refsland

Chew on this: thoughts for improving the effectiveness of prescribed grazing based on practitioner experience

9:40 – 10:00 Anderson, Roger C., M. R. Anderson, J. T. Bauer, & C. Loebach

Effects of eleven year (2004-2014) garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) removal on native vegetation

Urban Restoration and Civic Engagement. 10:20 am – 12:20 pm Moderator: Joe DiMisa

10:20 – 10:40 Hausman, Constance E. & T. L. Robison

Emerald ash borer infestations in urban environments: a multifaceted management approach incorporating citizen science and restoration

10:40 – 11:00 Kobal, Scott N., R. A. Reklau, & W. A. Lampa

Ten years of demographic changes in Du Page County Woodlands

11:00 – 11:20 Slowinski, Thomas E., M. P. Famiglietti, & W. G. Levernier

The DuPage County MEGA Project - the restoration of one mile of the West Branch DuPage River and 350 acres of the West Branch Forest Preserve

11:20 - 11:40 MacDonald, Cody & S. Graff

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in southeastern Wisconsin

11:40 – 12:00 Thomforde, Stephen L.

Grazing lawns as a model for urban lawns

12:00 - 12:20 Hausman, Constance E. & J. M. Grieser

Restoring a golf course: An Ohio case study in progress at Acacia Reservation


LUNCH, BUSINESS MEETING, & AWARDS CEREMONY (12:30 – 1:30 PM)

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – SATURDAY MARCH 28, 2015

Suzanne Malec-McKenna Chicago Wilderness,

Chicago, Illinois

NATURAL RESOURCES THROUGH THE LENS OF OUR REGION’S HEALTH AND WELL BEING

Abstract: More than ever, our collaborative work in preserving and caring for our natural resources is dependent on the ability to make the case for our work as an important part of our region's health and well-being. Government funding has dwindled, the economy has taken a hit, and when the going gets tough our work in natural resources is often at or near the front of the line for the chopping block. It can be hard to argue that our work to improve our woodlands, wetlands, and prairies are more, or as important as a fire department or hospital. How can our lands and waters take precedence over quality education for our children? Instead of taking precedence over other issues or competing for scarce resources, we need to figure out how to play an integral part in solving regional challenges. We need to shift our own perspectives in order to accomplish this.

Biography: Suzanne Malec-McKenna is Executive Director of Chicago Wilderness, a regional alliance of more than 300 organizations working together for nature and people. Chicago Wilderness leverages organizational and financial resources, as well as human capital, to build a healthy future for all life in our region. As Executive Director, Suzanne oversees operations and progress on priority objectives, and raises funds for Chicago Wilderness programs. She has 25 years of experience in private industry, nonprofit, and government. She has

worked for organizations committed to natural resource protection, expansion and improvement, water quality, communications, environmental education, stewardship, and enforcement, and sustainability efforts, especially those that intersect with business development and community engagement. In 2012 she completed a Ph.D. in Communication Studies at Northwestern University. Prior to joining Chicago Wilderness, she served as Deputy Commissioner and Commissioner for the City of Chicago’s Department of Environment and in this role she helped create and oversaw the implementation of the Chicago Climate Action Plan, the Chicago Conservation Corps, Greencorps Chicago, and the City’s Calumet initiative. She also worked with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources’ Millennium Reserve Steering Committee to develop a plan for the Millennium Reserve Calumet Core. Suzanne has also worked with The Morton Arboretum to initiate the creation of an urban forest strategy for the Chicago region.

JOINT PLENARY SESSION AND TOUR – SATURDAY MARCH 28, 2015 (2:45 – 5:30 pm)

AN EMERGING ROLE FOR BOTANIC GARDENS IN ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION

Conserving plants is one of the most significant challenges of our time and a major focus at the Chicago Botanic Garden. From studying soil to banking seeds, from restoring habitats and protecting endangered plant species to developing new ones, Garden scientists are fighting plant extinction, pollution, and climate change through diverse and exciting research. The Chicago Botanic Garden’s 1.6 km2 living museum campus combined with science and education expertise, conservation focus, and research collaborations is uniquely equipped to address some of the most pressing needs in conservation. Through research and education programs, Chicago Botanic Garden’s staff work to develop practical land and water management tools and solutions to address environmental challenges facing society now and into the future. These programs focus on appropriately managing plant populations and plant and soil communities, especially within human-impacted landscapes. During this plenary session, Chicago Botanic Garden staff will provide an overview of its conservation and research programs followed by a series of “lightning” talks where staff will provide highlights of key programs in plant conservation and restoration. The plenary session will be followed by a walking tour of Chicago Botanic Garden’s lakeshore and prairie restorations led by staff ecologists and will conclude with a tour of the Plant Science Center.

Photo Credit: B. Wilson

OFFSITE FIELD TRIPS - SUNDAY MARCH 29, 2015

* For all field trips participants are responsible for their own transportation, wearing weather and field appropriate attire, and their own meals and water.

9:00 am to 5:00 pm: Restoration of high profile urban ecosystems: restoring lakefront, wetlands, lagoons, prairies and woodlands in Chicago’s urban center. Lauren Umek1, Bob Foster1, Ryan Johnson2, Robbie Sliwinski3, Jason Steger1, and Byron Tsang1. 1Chicago Park District, Chicago, Illinois. 2Applied Ecological Services, Brodhead, Wisconsin. 3U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago, Illinois. Contact: [email protected]

Maps for field trip locations are available at the registration table. We will visit three high profile Chicago parks: Northerly Island, South Shore Nature Sanctuary, and Jackson Park. Each site has recently been or is currently being restored. Visits to each site will include a tour and discussion of its current land use, cultural significance, natural history, and current and future management plans that incorporate habitat restoration, outdoor education opportunities, and recreational opportunities for urban residents and visitors. Northerly Island is a 0.37 km2 manmade island on the shore of Lake Michigan and part of the Field Museum campus. Restoration of this space was a key component of Daniel Burnham’s “Plan of Chicago” that began in 2012 in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and is scheduled for completion in 2017. The South Shore Nature Sanctuary is a 0.02 km2 site designed to have as many habitats as possible within a limited space to attract migratory birds. Habitat types within the site include beach dunes, prairie, woodland, shrubland, and emergent wetland. Collectively, the native plants serve as hosts for hundreds of insect species that are crucial to sustaining migratory and resident bird populations. The nearby South Shore Cultural Center is a cultural facility that has been recognized as a Chicago Landmark, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and it was the site of Barack and Michelle Obama's wedding reception. Jackson Park is a 2.19 km2 park best known as site of the 1893 Columbian World’s Exposition organized by Daniel Burnham with its landscaping designed created by Fredrick Law Olmsted. Jackson Park is currently the “backyard” of the Museum of Science and Industry. The restoration of a site with such rich

architectural, historical, cultural, and ecological significance has been a multi-disciplinary, collaborative process initiated in 2012 and expected to be completed in 2020. These three sites are located along the lake so participants should plan for cooler, windy conditions. Participants should bring a lunch as we will take a lunch break at the South Shore Cultural Center. Participants should also bring quarters and/or a credit card to pay for parking and the rates are approximately $1 per hour.

Photo Credit: B. Wilson Photo Credit: B. Wilson

Northerly Island

9:30 am to 1:00 pm: Thirty-eight years of prairie, savanna, and oak woodland restoration experiments at three Somme forest preserves. Stephen Packard, Laurel Ross, and Linda Masters. North Branch Stewards, Chicago, Illinois.

The meeting location for this field trip is Somme Woods Forest Preserve parking on Dundee Road (Rt. 68) just east of Waukegan Road (Rt. 43). This field trip will provide an overview of the long term prairie, savanna, and oak restoration efforts that have been undertaken within the Somme Forest Preserves. The field trip will begin at Somme Prairie Grove, where we will learn about one of the oldest and most detailed experiments with savanna recovery and restoration within 0.34 km2 area. Somme Prairie Grove was the subject of the book “Miracle Under the Oaks” by New York Times science writer William Stevens. The second stop will be at Somme Prairie where we’ll look at 0.01 km2 of very high quality original prairie and 0.12 km2 of long-term restoration experiments. The final stop of the field trip will be Somme Woods that contains various ages of restored woodland containing bur oak, white oak, and swamp white oak along with ponds and a wooded sedge meadow. Many endangered plant species have been successfully restored by various methods within these three sites. Additionally, animal species of conservation concern (i.e., birds, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies) are thriving under various restoration regimes in selected localities within the three sites. 9:30 am to 12:00 pm: The Glen and the Grove: local government protection and restoration of natural areas. Kent Fuller1, Robyn Flakne1, and Mark Micek2. 1Village of Glenview, Glenview, Illinois. 2Tallgrass Restoration, Schaumburg, Illinois.

The meeting location for this field trip is the Evelyn Pease Tyner Interpretive Center. The address is 2400 Compass Road., Glenview, IL. Parking is free on Compass Road, Lehigh Avenue, and the parking lot south of Compass across from the Tyner Center. We will visit three key areas in a network of protected open space at a municipal scale. Each area is zoned “Environmentally Significant” under the Village of Glenview local code and is operated by the Glenview Park District. The

Kent Fuller Air Station Prairie contains the Evelyn Pease Tyner Interpretive Center and a 0.13 km2 remnant of a tallgrass prairie. Gallery Park is the centerpiece of “The Glen,” which is a redevelopment of the 4.54 km2 former Glenview Naval Air Station. Gallery Park features the

Somme Woods Forest

The Grove

0.18 km2 Lake Glenview, which is a stormwater detention pond surrounded by 0.14 km2 of naturalized open space that blends into an active-use park. The Grove National Historic Landmark is 0.58 km2 of ecologically diverse prairie grove land. The Grove was the home of visionary horticulturist and educator Dr. John Kennicott who settled his family here in 1836. It was here that Dr. John’s son, Robert Kennicott, developed his love of nature that led to his accomplishments in exhibiting his plant and animal specimen collections at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., founding the Chicago Academy of Sciences, and the exploration of Russian America that led to the purchase of Alaska. 9:00 am to 2:00 pm: Ravine, bluff, and lakeshore restoration at the Openlands Lakeshore Preserve and Bowen Ravine. Aimee Collins1, Joshua Arrigoni2, and Gant Bowman3. 1Openlands Lakeshore Preserve, Highland Park, Illinois. 2Stantec, Madison, Wisconsin. 3Conservation Land Stewardship, Inc., Elmhurst, Illinois.

The field trip will meet at the Openlands Lakeshore Preserve’s main parking lot on Patten Road in Highland Park (www.openlands.org/openlands-

lakeshore-preserve). The Openlands Lakeshore Preserve is a 0.31 km2 Illinois Nature Preserve along the shores of Lake Michigan that was once part of the Fort Sheridan military base. The Preserve’s dramatic ravines, 1.6 km stretch of towering lakefront bluff, and beach habitat hold ecological and cultural significance for northeastern Illinois. Openlands has developed an ADA-accessible trail system and a unique art-based interpretive plan at the Preserve. The park opened to public use in 2011 and was dedicated as an Illinois Nature Preserve in 2013. The Openlands’ work at the Preserve began years prior with their efforts to restore highly erodible and sensitive lakefront ecosystems. The diversity of challenging conditions consisting of steep slopes, erratic weather, and intensive land use history led to the implementation of an adaptive management approach. An ongoing biological monitoring program helps track the impacts of restoration work. Visitors will have an opportunity to see restoration efforts in various stages being implemented within three rare lakefront ravines. Most of the field trip will consist of walking on paved trails and staircases to access the ravines and bluffs. The second part of the field trip will visit Bowen Park in Waukegan, Illinois, which is a high quality remnant oak woodland ravine and riparian ecosystem that is part of the Glen Flora Tributary. The site is owned and managed by the Waukegan Park District and supported by restoration grants from the Waukegan Harbor Citizens' Advisory Group. The property was first owned by Mrs. Bowen as a summer home and used as a summer camp for Hull House children from Chicago. Floristic inventories conducted in 2008 serve as the foundation of site conservation efforts. The Glen Flora Ravine has been ranked as the second highest quality ravine in Illinois flowing into Lake Michigan. Recent botanical, avian, amphibian, and reptile surveys conducted between 2011 and 2013 indicate the presence of 19 rare plant species, threatened and endangered bird species, and 15 amphibian and reptile species. During this field trip we will share the history of restoration work onsite, our successes and setbacks, and future management priorities.

Openlands Lakeshore Preserve

Photo credit: Carol Freeman

Map of Chicago Botanic Garden

The physical address of the Chicago Botanic Garden is: 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, Illinois 60022

All meeting events will be held in Regenstein, except for the Student Mixer that will be held in the Plant Science Center.

Visitor parking is located in the four lots north of the Visitor Center. Parking for meeting attendees is free.

Locations of Meeting Rooms within Regenstein

ABOUT THE SER MIDWEST-GREAT LAKES CHAPTER

• We are a non-profit organization that was recognized by SER as a regional chapter in March 2008. The Chapter serves a seven state region of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa.

• Mission: To promote the science and practice of ecological restoration to assist with the recovery and management of degraded ecosystems within the Midwestern and Great Lakes regions.

• Membership Benefits

• Opportunity to network with colleagues and showcase your work at annual chapter meetings and state level events held throughout the year

• Reduced chapter meeting registration rates

• Chapter communications consist of the Restoration News Midwest blog and other social media streams that highlight regional ecological restoration issues, news, projects, and practitioners

• Opportunities to promote ecological restoration-related events and discuss ecological restoration-related issues though the chapter social media

• Webinars on relevant restoration topics in the region

• Student members eligible to apply for research and practice grants through our newly established Student Grant Program

• Membership within our international parent society

• Interested in becoming a member? See http://chapter.ser.org/midwestgreatlakes/

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