Funding
Specifically, this Web site is funded, in part, by a Section 319 Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Project Grant from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agreement 3190402) with oversight management by Barb Lieberoff, Environmental Protection Specialist, Watershed Management Section, Bureau of Water, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
Additional support provided by the Illinois State Museum and the Illinois State Museum Society.
Picture
Credits
Acknowledgments for pictures used in the video section can be found here.
Acknowledgments for pictures used in the resources section can be found here.
Website
Design Team
Jonathan E. Reyman, Ph.D. Principal Investigator
Nicolas W. Evans, Website Designer
Deanna M. Glosser, Ph.D. Researcher
Mona Colburn, M.S. Researcher
Narrators
Nicola S. Evans, Principal Narrator
Dee Ann Holtschlag-Watt
Max V. Parienti
Jonathan E. Reyman
Illinois
State Museum Staff
Bonnie W. Styles, Ph.D. Museum Director
Faye Andrashko, Museum Editor
Gary Andrashko, Museum Staff Photographer
Irene Boyer, Decorative Arts Registrar
Everett D. Cashatt, Ph.D. Chair and Curator of Zoology
Leslie Cline, Museum Technician II
Beckie Dyer, Museum Technician II
Eric Grimm, Ph.D. Chair and Curator of Botany
Andy Hanson, Exhibits Graphics Assistant
Alan Harn, Assistant Curator of Anthropology, Dickson Mounds Museum
Joe Hennessy, Curator, Exhibit Design Chief
Julie Lerczac, Assistant Curator of Education, Dickson Mounds Museum
Terrance J. Martin, Ph.D. Chair and Curator of Anthropology
James R. Purdue, Ph.D. Curator Emeritus of Zoology
Kelvin Sampson, Exhibits Preparator, Dickson Mounds Museum
Jeffrey Saunders. Ph.D. Chair and Curator of Zoology
Erich K. Schroeder, Ph.D. Curator, Learning Center
Beth Shea, Chair of Education
Robert Sill, Associate Curator of Art
Robert E. Warren, Ph.D. Curator of Anthropology
Michael D. Wiant, Ph.D. Director, Dickson Mounds Museum
Illinois
Department of Transportation
Joe Putnam, Head, Remote Sensing Section
Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency
William Ettinger, Manager, Central Monitoring Unit, Surface Water Section
Barb Lieberoff, Environmental Protection Specialist, Watershed Management Section
Illinois
State Geological Survey
William W. Shilts, Ph.D. Chief, Illinois State Geological Survey
B. Brandon Curry, Ph.D. Geologist
Wayne T. Frankie , Geologist and Outreach Coordinator
Donald E. Luman, Ph.D. Senior Professional Scientist
Illinois
Teacher Evaluation Panel
Pamela Davis, St. Joseph School, Pekin
Cinda Farris, Holy Family Catholic School, Decatur
Radine Kellog, Spoon River Junior/Senior High School, London Mills
Carol Kelley, Prairie View Junior High School, Tinley Park
Karen Kessinger, Special Education, District 186, Springfield
Jeffrey Lightfoot, Springfield High School
Michael Mieszala, Warren Township High School
Brian Poelker (retired), Midwest Central Middle School, Green Valley
Jason Potter, Southeast High School, Springfield
Matthew A. Sly, Urbana High School, Urbana
John Taylor, Springfield High School, Springfield
Bertha Tracy, Beardstown High School, Beardstown
Michael Urbas, Lakeview Junior High School, Downers Grove
Douglas Wendler, Owen Marsh Elementary School, Springfield
Illinois
Natural History Survey
Kevin Cummings , Research Scientist and Curator of Mollusks,
Matt O’Hara, Fisheries Component Crew Leader, River Ecologist
Christine Mayer , Collections Database Manager
Mike Retzer, Ph.D. Collection Manager and Acting Curator
Thomas E. Rice, Technical Editor
Christopher Taylor, Ph.D. Curator of Crustaceans
Illinois
State Water Survey
Nani G. Bhowmik, Ph.D. Research Scientist (retired)
Misganaw Demissie, Ph.D. Director, Center for Watershed Science
William White, Professional Scientist
Other
Contributors
Tammy Becker, Education Coordinator, Living Lands and Waters
The Fin Inn Restaurant, Grafton, IL, Aquarium photography
Denise Gibler, Administrative Assistant, Illinois Education Association, Springfield, IL
Elizabeth Hamme, Web Content Coordinator, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Web Team
Maralyn R. Hammond, Data Analysis and Progress Reporting, Illinois State Board of Education
Marvin Hubbell, Conservation Legacy Land Trust
Jay Hatch, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota
Curtis Mann, Springfield City Historian, Lincoln Library, Springfield, IL
Laura L. Reyman, Elementary School Teacher (retired)
Robert Rice Native Fish Conservancy
Karl Scroggin, Music Director, WUIS/WIPA
Jennifer Wasik, Biologist, Aquatic Ecology Section, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Jack White, Ecological Services, Inc., Champaign, IL
Volunteers and Staff at the Meredosia River Museum, Meredosia, IL