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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Topic: EPA 319 Grant Workshop
Workshop Presentation
Our 319
Grant Page |
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Topic: Ferson Creek dam removal at
LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve, St. Charles
This project represents Phase I of multi-phased
program to create uninterrupted fish passage
throughout 44 miles of stream habitat in the
Ferson-Creek watershed. Our primary objective
for Phase I is to remove the impassable dam at
Creek Bend Forest Preserve and to modify one
low-water barrier located downstream of Creek
Bend, in order to open 6.3 miles of lower
Ferson-Otter Creek to the Fox River. Completion
of Phase I will allow us to use these projects
as models for low cost stream restoration, and
to give examples to present to other private
landowners in order to foster cooperation for
the watershed wide approach. Phase one will
also include evaluation of the fish community
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Ferson Creek
(above) before dam removal
(below) after removal |
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Topic:
Restoring Natural
Resources in the Silver Creek Watershed --
Oakwood Hills Park & Fen Nature Preserve,
Oakwood Hills
Presenters:
Kerry Leigh, Trustee with the Village of Oakwood Hills
Steve Byers, Field Representative with the Illinois
Nature Preserves Commission
Kerry Leigh discussed the restoration of the
fen wetland buffer at Oakwood Hills Park done by
the Village with financial assistance from the
USFWS and in-kind services from the McHenry
County Conservation District (MCCD). Steve
Byers talked about fens and the unique
natural resources associated with Oakwood Hills
Fen Nature Preserve. The program included a
tour of the restoration area and the Oakwood
Hills Fen, which is an Illinois State Nature
Preserve.
This event is sponsored by the Fox River
Ecosystem Partnership,
Village of Oakwood Hills, and the
Environmental Defenders of McHenry County.
Funded by Section 604(b) of the Clean Water Act
by way of a grant from the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of
Water, to the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for
Planning (CMAP).
Watershed
Planning Group Link
Pdfs:
FENS: More than "Peat with Calcerous Seepage"
CLASS III SPECIAL GROUNDWATER CLASSIFICATION
Map of Oakwood Hills Park & Fen Nature Preserve
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Topic:
Nippersink Watershed Social
Research Study
Maintaining What We Value:
The Nippersink Creek Watershed
Management Plan
A Report on the Community Survey
Presented by Joan
M. Brehm, Associate Professor of
Sociology, Department of
Sociology and
Anthropology,
Illinois State University
Pdf of Presentation
Link to the Report |
| The Nippersink Watershed Association commissioned a report,
prepared by Illinois State University, under a Section 319 grant
provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency, to provide a summary of the
findings resulting from a recent survey of Nippersink Watershed
residents. These findings will help to guide on-going and future
outreach efforts in encouraging watershed stakeholders to
recognize the significant value of Nippersink Creek, and to work
cooperatively to implement the Nippersink Creek Watershed Plan. |
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Topic:
Jelke Creek Reclamation
Project, Dundee Township
Presented by Sue Harney, Dundee
Township Supervisor
Article about Jelke Creek Project
Jelke Creek Bird Sanctuary Webpage
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Topic: Otter-Ferson Creek
Dam Modification Project Presented by
Ken Anderson, Kane Co. Dept. Environmental
Management PDF
of Presentation |
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Topic: Valley Lakes Pond
& Wetlands Project
Presented by Tallgrass Restoration & Valley
Lakes
PDF of Presentation |
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Topic: Dixie Briggs Fromm
Stream Corridor Restoration Project
Presented by Sue Harney, Dundee Township,
with Ted Gray of Living Waters Consultants
PDF of Presentation |
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Topic:
Ultra Energy-Efficient Houses - New & Remodeled
How far can we take energy efficiency?
The One-Watt-House approach: new examples.
Priorities for efficiency remodeling.
Marko Spiegel, Conservation Technology
International
Website |
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Topic:
Award-winning Conservation Design Projects in
the Blackberry Creek Watershed
(14,548 KB pdf file) Dennis Dreher & Matt Bardol,
Cowhey Gudmundson Leder, Ltd. |
Wednesday, August 26, 2008
Topic: Farming and the
Environment
Farm Bill Presentation -
Food, Conservation & Energy Act 2008
Links:
http://www.ers.usda.gov/farmbill/2008/
The Chicago Climate Exchange website |
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Topic: BMP Design,
Implementation & Inspection Geneva Middle
School
Presented by Keith Jones and George Milner,
Senior Ecologists in V3's Wetland Ecology Group
Presentation (in pdf) V3
Website
Description of the project
Native Landscape Planting Plan
Aerial Photo |
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| FREP Meetings |
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Program: Lower Fox River
Land Conservation Planning Project (LFR
LCPP)
Link
Presented by John Church, The Conservation
Foundation |
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Program: Watershed Planning |
Presentation by Brian
Valleskey,
Illinois Lakes Management Association
4 Lakes Watershed Initiative |
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Program: Northeastern Illinois Invaisive
Plant Partnership
Presented by Catherine McGlynn
Pdf of Presentation |
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Program:
Region 1 Restoration Projects, McHenry
County Conservation District
Presented by Gabe Powers, Ecologist, McHenry
County Conservation District |
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Program: State of the Fox
River: Summary of Fish Sampling Efforts by
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
1995-2009
Presented by Steve Pesctelli, Region II Streams
Specialist Since 1995, Illinois DNR has
conducted 160 fish community samples at over 120
sites in the Fox River Watershed, as well as
many targeted studies for sportfish species.
Evaluation of fish assemblages allows us to
gauge the general health of the Fox River and
its tributaries using the Index of Biotic
Integrity (IBI), and to track trends in stream
quality throughout the system.
Detailed description of the program
PDFs of Presentation:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3 |
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Chicago Wilderness Green
Infrastructure Plan (GIV) Presented by
Jeff Mengler, Chicago Wilderness & US Fish &
Wildlife Service PDF
of Presentation |
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 North
Aurora Wetland Mitigation Project
Presenter: Tim Pollowy, Hey & Associates |
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Program: Poplar Creek
Watershed Plan
Presentation:
Jesse Elam, AICP, Senior Planner, CMAP
Presentation:
Tim Loftus, Senior Environmental Planner, CMAP
Presentation:
John White, Public Works, Village of Streamwood
photos of Poplar Creek areas in Streamwood |
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