Illinois Farm Programs: Long-Term Impacts on Terrestrial Ecosystems and Wildlife-Related Recreation, Tourism, and Economic Development, Status Report

Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resourcesunpublishednot peer reviewedOpe

Illinois Farm Programs: Long-Term Impacts on Terrestrial Ecosystems and Wildlife-Related Recreation, Tourism, and Economic Development - Phase I

ENR Contract No. EH16; Final Report, Phase I.Report issued on: 1 November 1988Prepared for Department of Energy and Natural Resources

\u3cem\u3eCarey\u3c/em\u3e, Kids and Contraceptives: Privacy\u27s Problem Child

In Carey v. Population Services International the Supreme Court held that a New York state statute restricting access to nonprescription contraceptives violated the right to privacy of both adults and minors. In order to include access to contraceptives within the protection of the privacy right and maintain consistency with the constitutionality of state laws prohibiting adultery, fornication and sodomy, the Court found it necessary to reformulate the rationale of its decisions in Griswold v. Connecticutand subsequent privacy cases. The author of this note first considers the validity of the Court\u27s new interpretation of Griswold as creating a right to privacy which protects activities related to the decision whether or not to bear or beget children. He then assesses the possible results of applying this newlydefined privacy right to those private consensual activities traditionally forbidden by state laws

Governmental Deception In Consent Searches

Fourth amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures has long been held a barrier to the use of trickery by the government; yet government officials, in their combat against modern sophisticated crimes, have voiced a need to employ some types of misrepresentation. Governmental deception, once forbidden by by the courts, has become a common occurrence. The author discusses the tension created by this circumstance and traces the solutions offered by the courts

Midwest Technology Assistance Center for Small Public Water Systems Final Report

The Midwest Technology Assistance Center (MTAC) was established October 1, 1998 to provide assistance to small public water systems throughout the Midwest via funding from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) under section 1420(f) of the 1996 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act. This report summarizes progress made under USEPA Grant# 832591-01 for funds received in Federal Years (FY) 05 and 06. MTAC is a cooperative effort of the 10 states of the Midwest (congruent with USEPA regions 5 and 7), led by the Illinois State Water Survey and the University of Illinois. The director of their Water Resources Institute (WRI) coordinates the participation of each state in MTAC. Dr. Richard Warner (WRI director) and Kent Smothers were the principal investigators for this project. Kent Smothers serves as the managing director of the center, and is responsible for conducting routine activities with the advice and counsel of Dr. Richard Warner.published or submitted for publicationis peer reviewe

COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE: FILLING A NICHE MARKET

In less than a decade, the number of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) projects has grown to more than 400. Our research suggests that CSA shareholders' social objectives dominate their decision to join. Standard economic objectives and "club-related" objectives contribute to the decision, but are clearly secondary. Our research also suggests the CSA movement will continue to grow. Its emphasis on social objectives, its inability to supply food year around, and the ongoing development of size-neutral organic technologies, however, will probably keep it from becoming a major market channel in the next century.Agribusiness,

The Illinois Pheasant Range 1958 - 1988

Summary data (3 tables, 7 maps, 1 chart) from Rural Mail Carrier's Census (RMCC) of pheasants conducted in 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, and 1988.unpublishednot peer reviewedOpe

Rock Cut State Park Deer Removal Study

unpublishednot peer reviewedOpe

Landscaping for Wildlife: Literature Applicable to Illinois and the Midwest

Bibliography related to presentation by Richard E. Warner entitled "The interface between man & animals" at the November 1989 "Landscaping for Wildlife Seminar" held on 7 November 1989 at the Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL. Where applicable, reference numbers from Warner presentation are given as part of the citations.unpublishednot peer reviewedOpe

Modeling Surface and Subsurface Pesticide Transport Under Three Field Conditions Using PRZM-3 and GLEAMS

Contaminant transport models should be evaluated over a wide range of conditions to determine their limitations. The models PRZM and GLEAMS have been evaluated many times, but few studies are available in which predicted movement in runoff and percolate were simultaneously evaluated against field data. Studies of this type are essential because pesticide leaching and runoff are mutually dependent processes. For this reason, PRZM-3 and GLEAMS were evaluated for their ability to predict metribuzin concentrations in runoff, sediment, subsurface soil, and pan lysimeters under three field conditions (yard waste compost amended, no-till, and conventional-till) on a Lowell silt loam soil. Sensitive input parameters were either site specific (climatic, soil, and chemical) or calibrated (K-factor, C-factor, curve number). In general, both models under-predicted metribuzin concentration in runoff water, runoff sediment, subplow layer soil (15-75 cm), and pan lysimeter water (75 cm). Contrary to field data, both models predicted that a large percentage (\u3e 50%) of metribuzin would move below the “mixing zone” (top 1 cm) during the first rainfall event after application. Relatively little metribuzin was predicted to move beyond the plow layer (top 15 cm) into the pan lysimeters or subsurface soil throughout the simulation period, possibly due to the lack of a macropore component in the models. High metribuzin concentrations in sediment (field data) indicated that relatively little metribuzin moved below the “mixing zone”, possibly because of hysteresis but much of the metribuzin that did move was quickly transported into the pan lysimeters, probably due to macropore flow. GLEAMS more accurately predicted pesticide concentration in sediment and PRZM predicted subsurface soil concentration somewhat more accurately than GLEAMS. Little difference in accuracy was detected between models on metribuzin concentration in runoff or metribuzin concentration in percolate. Although both models generally under-predicted metribuzin concentration in runoff, runoff transport (mass of metribuzin in runoff) for the study period was over-predicted by both models which emphasizes the importance of accurately predicting herbicide concentration and runoff volume soon after application when the surface pesticide concentrations are highest