The Illinois River floodplain restoration projects at Emiquon and at the Merwin Preserve (also known as "Spunky Bottoms") have attracted widespread media coverage. To access any of these articles, please click on the blue link.
If you have seen a recent article that is not on our list, or if one of the links has gone dead, please contact Keith Miller at miller.keith@uis.edu.
Emiquon Preserve is living lab for SRC biology students Canton Daily Ledger (July 17,2008).
UIS Field Station Opens by Jenna Dooley, WUIS Radio (28 April 2008).
Emiquon Field Station Opens by Brenda Rothert, Prarie State Outdoors (27 April 2008).
Emiquon Field Station Dedication Held by Courtney Westlake. UIS News Buraeu (26 April 2008), includes video.
A Great Opening at Emiquon by Ed Wojcicki. The UIS Community Blog (25 April 2008).
Cause for celebration. Moving Forward (Chancellor's Blog). Richard Ringeisen (April 1, 2008).
Science meeting will focus on Emiquon restoration. UIS press release (March 28, 2008).
A New Day at Emiquon. Chris Young. Springfield Journal Register (February 2, 2008).
The Nature Conservancy Launches Landmark Floodplain Restoration at the Emiquon Preserve. The Nature Conservancy (May 1, 2007).
Illinois Issues, M. Lemke and K. Miller. Wetlands 101. Illinois Issues, Vol. 33, No. 1 (January 2007), 31-33.
UIS Press Release (Oct. 10, 2006), "UIS Biology program hosts 'BioBlitz' at Emiquon."
Illinois Issues, Vol. 32, No. 7 & 8 (July / August 2006), "Photo Essay: Renewal (PDF)." Used with permission of the University of Illinois at Springfield.
The Living Museum, Vol. 67, Nos. 2 & 3 (Summer / Fall 2005), "The Emiquon Archaeological Project: Partnership to the Past (PDF)." Used with permission of the Illinois State Museum.
The Nature Conservancy, "Bald eagle hatched at the Nature Conservancy's Emiquon Preserve." (May 31, 2005).
Illinois Times, "Bird's-eye View," by Jeanne Townsend Handy (April 7, 2005), pp. 10-14. Used with permission of Illinois Times.
Illinois Times, "The Reawakening," by Jeanne Townsend Handy (November 24, 2004), pp. 9-15. Used with permission of Illinois Times.
Illinois Times, "Water World," by Pete Sherman (October 30, 2003), pp. 7-8. Used with permission of Illinois Times.
