Current Research
Long term resource monitoring on Pool 26, Mississippi River FY’13 – Part 1. United States Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center.Principal Investigator: John H. Chick. 10/01/2012 to 1/31/2013. $114,117
The Long-term Illinois, Mississippi, Ohio, and Wabash River Fish Population Monitoring Program – Segment 24 (USFWS, Federal Aid in Sportfish Restoration). Principal Investigator John Epifanio (Co-PI Yong Cao, Andy Casper, John H. Chick), 7/1/2012 to 6/30/2013. $685,000
Optimize Farm Bill Conservation Practices for Habitat Restoration Within Wildlife Action Plan Focus Areas and Maximizing Grassland Management on Department Owned Sites, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Principal Investigator: Benson (Co-PI Richard Warner, Tom Ward) 6/1/2012 to 6/30/2016. $399,996.
Japanese Hops Management, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Principal Investigator: Lyle Guyon, 9/30/2011 to 12/30/2015. $191,686.
Technical Assistance - CRP, EQIP, and WRP, National Resource Conservation Service.
Principal Investigator: Lyle Guyon, 9/9/2011 to 9/30/2013. $196,000.
Topographic Diversity Index - Model Review, US Army Corps of Engineers
Principal Investigator: Lyle Guyon. 11/1/2012 to 9/30/2013. $7,078.
Forest Resources Inventory and Data Summarization, US Army Corps of Engineers
Principlal Investigator: Lyle Guyon. 9/14/2012 to 12/302013. $65,000.
Illinois Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Initiative, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Principal Investigator: Richard Warner. 10/1/2012 to 9/30/2014. $243,083.
Illinois Conservation Reserve Enhancement (CREP) Initiative, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Principal Investigator: Richard Warner. 7/1/2012 to 6/30/2014. $250,000.
Private Lands Watershed Coordinators, Illinois EPA 319 (h) Clean Water Act.
Principal Investigator: Richard Warner. 10/1/2012 to 9/30/2014. $599,885.
Monitoring wildlife benefits of private-lands programs in Illinois: evaluating current conditions and strategies for future management, Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Principal Investigator: Benson (Co-PI Richard Warner). 7/1/2012 to 6/30/2014. $209,603.
Illinois Conservation Reserve Enhancement (CREP) Initiative, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Principal Investigator: Richard Warner. 7/1/2012 to 6/30/2014. $250,000.
Living with Wildlife: A proactive Strategy to Address Human-Wildlife Issues in Illinois W-147-T, Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Principal Investigator: Richard Warner. 7/1/2012 to 6/30/2013. $100,000.
Use of Geospatial Information to Target Crictical Sites for Restoration and Long-Term Protection through the Illinois Conservation Reserve Enhancement (CREP), Illinois Department of Natural Resources Private Lands and Watersheds Illinois CREP - 319, Principal Investigator: Dale Chapman. 2/1/2012 to 9/30/2013. $71,179
Long term resource monitoring on Pool 26, Mississippi River FY’12 – Part 2. United States Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center.
Principal Investigator: John H. Chick. 5/16/2012 to 9/30/2012. $118,859
Long term resource monitoring on Pool 26, Mississippi River FY’12 – Part 1. United States Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center.
Principal Investigator: John H. Chick. 10/01/2011 to 05/15/2012. $241,068.
Long term resource monitoring on the La Grange Reach of the Illinois River FY’12 – Part 2. United States Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center.
Principal Investigator: John H. Chick. 5/16/2011 to 9/30/2012. $142,075
Long term resource monitoring on the La Grange Reach of the Illinois River FY’12 – Part 1. United States Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center.
Principal Investigator: John H. Chick. 10/01/2011 to 05/15/2012. $287,585.
Phytoplankton abundance and contributions to suspended particulate matter in the Ohio, Upper Mississippi and Missouri Rivers
Contributing authors: Paul A. Bukaveckas, Amy MacDonald, Anthony Aufdenkampe, John H. Chick, John E. Havel, Richard Schultz, Ted R. Angradi, David W. Bolgrien, Terri M. Jicha, Debra Taylor
Climatic Warming, Sex Rations, and Red-Eared Sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans) in Illinois
John K. Tucker, Chad R. Dolan, James T. Lamer and Emily A Dustman
Invasive Carp in the Mississippi River Basin
Dr. John Chick and mark A. Pegg, Science Report, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Long Term Resource Monitoring Program
Dr. John Chick, Dr. Richard Sparks, Eric Ratcliff, Eric Gittinger, Lori Gittinger, Ben Lubinski. http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/ltrmp.html
Long-term Electrofishing Program (LTEF)
New expansion of LTEF on the Illinois River to include the Mississippi River. The first year of data has been collected.
Dr. John Chick and Ben Lubinski.
USEPA Great Rivers Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP)
Assessment of zooplankton, chl-a, and seston indicators collected on the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio Rivers. All data collected and finalized. One manuscript conditionally accepted in Milnology and Oceanography Methods. Dr. John Chick, Lori Gittinger, John Havel (MSU) and Paul Bukavekas (Virginia Commonwealth)
Swan Lake Ecological Assessment Monitoring and Assessment of Water Quality, Substrate Hardness, Aquatic Vegetation and Fish Communities.
Dr. John Chick
Canadian Railroad Project - Herptile Assessment
Assessment of effects of increased rail traffic on reptiles and amphibians in the Chicago area. John Tucker.
Cladocerans of the Upper Mississippi River System
Lori Gittiner, author
Melvin Price L & D Fish Passage for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Assessment of fish use of navigation locks. First year of data partially complete. Recent discussions with ACOE about expanding to general pre-post monitoring of fish to assess success of fish passage facility.
John Chick, Eric Gittinger
Ecological Characteristics of High Quality UMRS Floodplain Forest Reference Sites
Dr. Lyle Guyon, Dr. Loretta Battaglia, Dr. John Chick, Megan Dooling. Additional Program Element of the LTRMP.
Pool 26 Forest Resources Survey for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Dr. Lyle Guyon, Megan Dooling. In partnership with the US Army Corps of Engineers and Southern University @ Baton Rouge.
Hill Prairie Restoration and Invasive Species Management at the Palisades Nature Preserve
Dr. Lyle Guyon, Megan Dooling.
USACE Upper Mississippi River System Systemic Forest Management Plan
Dr. Lyle Guyon, contributing author
USACE Reno Bottoms Forest Restoration Project Implementation Report
Dr. Lyle Guyon, contributing author