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• The Illinois Wildlife Enhancement Bonus Program: Analysis of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and Illinois Quail Unlimited Conservation Program

  SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIV AT EDWARDSVILLE; Hasstedt, Steven C. (2002-01-02)

  In 1998 the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), Division of Wildlife Resources, Habitat Stamp Fund in conjunction with Illinois Quail Unlimited (QU) initiated the Illinois Wildlife Enhancement Bonus Program (IWEBP). Financial incentives are available to property owners for implementation of wildlife friendly practices on land enrolled in the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and non-CRP acres are eligible under a fescue (Festuca arundinaceae) conversion initiative. Mail surveys following the Total Design Method (Salant and Dillman 1994) were used to gauge both land owner I operator and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) professional's perceptions regarding IWEBP efficacy in improving wildlife habitat, administrative costs of IWEBP, and characteristics of enrolled participants. Proportional response histograms and higher order analyses revealed IWEBP participants place a high intrinsic value on both habitat and the presence of wildlife on their land, and the financial incentive is most important to offset the high cost of re-establishing native grasses and forbs. NRCS personnel generally believe, compared to other state conservation programs, IWEBP provides similar or better habitat benefits for wildlife in general and is particularly beneficial to bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus). Land owners and NRCS personnel alike appreciate the relative simplicity of IWEBP enrollment procedures, but further education efforts regarding the singular importance of habitat (Brennan 1991, Jenkins 2000) in improving upland wildlife populations could further the success of this program.
• The white apron; a compilation of the history of Occidental Lodge, no. 40, A.F. & A.M., Ottawa, Illinois, with a complete list of members from the date of dispensation, 1845, to October 10, 1906, and a summary of her daughter, Humboldt Lodge, no. 555, A.F. & A.M., working under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, 1839 to 1845. Also a resume of her daughter, St. John's Lodge, no. 13, A.F. & A.M., located at Vermillionville in 1841, and transferred to Pern, Illinois, 1843. Also a synopsis of the introduction of freemasonry into America and the first lodges in Illinois

  Milligan, William Lee Roy, 1849- ([Ottawa, Ill. : Republican-Times, printers, c1907]Princeton Theological Seminary Library, 1907)
• History of SS. Peter and Paul's Church, Pilot, Illinois : with an historical sketch of Sacred Heart Church, Goodrich, Illinois, and St. James Church, Irwin, Illinois, at one time forming one parish; prefaced by a general local history.

  Meyer, J. (Princeton Theological Seminary Library, 1920)