UIS's Therkildsen Field Station at Emiquon: A Center for River Floodplain Science and Restoration

伊利诺伊大学斯普林菲尔德分校获得了一笔赠款，用于规划位于埃米昆(TFSE)的塞里克森野战站(TFSE)的活动，以便与科学家、资源经理和教育工作者共同制定战略计划。TFSE与自然保护协会(TNC)、迪克森丘德博物馆(DMM)和美国鱼类和野生动物服务机构(USFWS)建立了积极的合作伙伴关系。2000年，TNC在伊利诺伊州哈瓦那附近购买了7000多英亩土地，建立了埃米昆保护区。在附近，USFWS有2114英亩的土地处于保护之中。合作伙伴关系正在将主要用于农业的土地恢复为湿地、滩地森林和高草草原的马赛克。DMM专注于该地区的考古，并向公众解释修复过程。这笔赠款的科学价值与TFSE的研究有关，该研究有助于规划和记录埃米孔泛滥平原的恢复。TFSE提供对水质、河流泛滥平原生态和微生物群落的洞察。作为这笔赠款的一部分，TFSE将帮助建立管理和传播数据的方法。TFSE的更广泛影响与其促进研究、教育和推广的使命有关。在埃米昆完成的科学具有重大的社会影响，因为埃米昆修复的高调增加了公众对科学的兴趣。野外站也是伊利诺伊州中部科学教育的地区性、社区资源。规划将帮助空间站增加现有教育伙伴关系的影响，鼓励志愿服务，并建立新的教育联盟。通过年度活动和公开讲座，TFSE、DMM、TNC和USFSW正在地区、国家和国际上接触公众。

The University of Illinois Springfield is awarded a grant to planning activities at the Therkildsen Field Station at Emiquon (TFSE) to develop a strategic plan with scientists, resource managers, and educators. TFSE has an active partnership with The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Dickson Mounds Museum (DMM), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). In 2000, TNC purchased over 7000 acres near Havana, IL, establishing the Emiquon Preserve. Nearby, the USFWS has 2,114 acres of lands in conservation. Together, the partnership is restoring land that was largely used for agriculture, back into a mosaic of wetlands, bottomland forest and tall grass prairie. DMM focuses on the archeology of the area, and interprets the restoration to the public. The scientific merit of this grant is linked to TFSE's research that helps plan and document the Emiquon floodplain restoration. TFSE provides insights into water quality, river floodplain ecology and microbial communities. As part of this grant, TFSE will help establish ways to manage and disseminate data. The broader impacts of TFSE are linked to its mission to facilitate research, education, and outreach. The science done at Emiquon has a significant societal impact because the high profile of the Emiquon restoration increases public interest in the science. The field station is also a regional, community resource for science education in central Illinois. Planning will help the station increase the impact of existing educational partnerships, encourage volunteerism, and to forge new educational alliances. Through annual events and public lectures, TFSE, DMM, TNC and USFSW are reaching out to the public regionally, nationally, and internationally.