The Illinois River: Responsible Management for the New Millennium

Abstract

Opening Address / Robert W. Frazee Remarks on the Management of the Illinois River System by the Director of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources / Brent Manning Remarks on the Management of the Illinois River System by the Director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture / Joe Hampton Responsible Management: What Does it Mean? / Richard B. Pierce Featured Speaker / Lt. Governor Corinne Wood The Ecology and Culture of Water / James M. Patchett and Gerould S. Wilhelm Urban Initiatives on the Illinois River: A Chicago Experence of the Challenges and Solutions / Laurene von Klan Upper Mississippi River - Illinois Waterway System Navigation Study: Feasibility Study / Gary Loss Economic Importance of Levee and Drainage Districts / Michael D. Klingner Economic Impact of Agricultural Commodities on the Upper Illinois River / Thomas E. Jennings The Mississippi Beautification and Restoration Project / Chad Pregracke The Illinois Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program / Debbie S. Bruce The Kankakee River Basin Partnership: Conserving the Kankakee River Basin for the Future / R. A. Schultz and J.E. Mick The Mackinaw River Partnership / Terry Giannoni Watershed Management: Illinois River Ecosystem Restoration Studies / Teresa A. Kirkeeng-Kincaid and Bradley E. Thompson Watershed Resources: A View from Corps Headquarters / Jim Johnson Hypoxia: Illinois Assessment with a Brief Perspective on the National Assessment / Derek Winstanley and Edward C. Krug Illinois' Perspective on Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) / Bruce J. Yurdin Potential Use of Innovative Dredge Technology and Beneficial Use of Sediment for River Restoration / John C. Marlin Why Suspended Solids Will Not Settle and Sediments Will Not Consolidate in Backwater Lakes: A Discussion of Possible Answers / Donald L. Hey Impacts of Levees on Flood Stages and the Benefits of Managed Flood Storage / Gary R. Clark and Robert Dalton Watershed Management: The Big Picture / Major General Phillip R. Anderson Closing Address / Stephen P. HaveraOpe