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The Prairie Research Institute houses five state scientific surveys — Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS), the Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS), the Illinois State Water Survey (ISWS), the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC), and the Illinois State Archaeological Survey (ISAS). The Institute was established in 2008 as the Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability within the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Institute's mission is "to provide objective integrated scientific research and service, in cooperation with other academic and research units of the University of Illinois and elsewhere, that allow citizens and decision-makers to make choices that assure sustainable economic development and enduring environmental quality for the people, businesses, and governments of Illinois."
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Publications of the Illinois Coastal Management Program
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Detailed assessments of 32 major watersheds in Illinois, conducted through the Critical Trends Assessment Program administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Includes contributions from each of the State ...
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(Champaign, IL : Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, 2021-07)Annual report of ISTC's research and technical assistance activities for the period July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021.
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(Champaign, IL : Prairie Research Institute Coastal Management Program, 2021-07)The 63-mile long Lake Michigan shoreline of Illinois varies in shape, land cover, and land use. The physical features of the landscape were shaped by past geologic processes and separate the coast into three zones—the Zion ...
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(Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002-12)Winter stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera) are an aquatic group of insects whose adults emerge in IIlinois from late November to early April. Twenty-one species have been reported from Illinois. Extensive collections of winter ...
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Natural History of the Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica) in the Shawnee National Forest, Southern Illinois (Illinois Natural History Survey, 2002-03)I studied several aspects of the natural history and population biology of R. sylvatica in the Shawnee National Forest (SNF) between 1993 and 1997. The primary objective was to conduct the first extensive study of this ...
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