John T. Lovseth,^1,2,*,** John W. Groninger,^2,*** Charles M. Ruffner,^2,**** Bess Bookout,^1,***** Timon Keller,^1,****** Kevin Silcox,^1,******* Desiree Schnaitman<sup>1,********

1</sup>Principia College, Biology and Natural Resources Department, 1 Maybeck Place, Elsah, IL 62028
²Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Forestry Department, Mailcode 4411, Carbondale, IL 620901

^*Corresponding author: john.lovseth@principia.edu; 618-374-5291
^**John Lovseth is an Associate Professor and Land Stewardship Manager at Principia College. His research interests include ecological restoration, historical ecology, agroforestry, and invasive species management.
^***John Groninger is Professor and Acting Associate Dean in Forestry at Southern Illinois University. His research interests include bottomland hardwood forests, afforestation and reforestation, mined land reclamation, oak ecosystem management, improving productivity of hardwood plantations, and sustainable watershed development.
^****Charles Ruffner is Professor of Forestry at Southern Illinois University. His research interests include international forestry and agricultural development, mapping, cartography, surveying and land tenure relations, erosion control and ground-truthing remotely sensed data, ecological restoration, prescribed burning applications, climate–vegetation interactions, karez improvement, and water delivery systems.
^*****Bess Bookout is a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Kansas State University pursuing her Master's degree in prairie vegetation dynamics.
^******Timon Keller is a PhD student in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research interests include forest restoration, abrupt change in ecological systems, climate change and disturbance regimes, landscape sustainability and ecosystem services, and nitrogen cycling and fixation in post-fire lodgepole pine stands.
^*******Kevin Silcox is a GIS Analyst at Orsted in Austin, Texas. His research interests include restoration ecology and riparian ecology.
^********Desiree Schnaitman is a graduate of Principia College's Biology and Natural Resources program and is an aspiring plant biochemist in Janesville, Wisconsin.