Cover photography: (1) Mahomet aquifer drill site north <strong>of</strong> Ludlow. Photograph from Al Wehrmann, <strong>Illinois</strong> St<strong>at</strong>e W<strong>at</strong>er Survey. (2) Horseshoe Lake field trip participants <strong>at</strong> Orchard Creek, Rock Springs Hollow Section, examining exposures <strong>of</strong> Upper Ordovician age Girardeau Limestone. Photograph by Michael Knapp. (3) Xu Chen and K<strong>at</strong>hy Henry <strong>at</strong> the <strong>ISGS</strong> Applied Research Lab with the transportable bench sorbent activ<strong>at</strong>ion process (SAP) unit, a p<strong>at</strong>ented technology developed <strong>at</strong> the <strong>ISGS</strong>. Photograph by Joel Dexter. (4) Bob Vaiden’s Build <strong>Illinois</strong> exhibit is a major draw <strong>at</strong> the <strong>2008</strong> <strong>ISGS</strong> Open House. Photograph by Joel Dexter. 3 Acknowledgments Thanks are expressed to the following individuals for their articles: Daniel Adomaitis, Michael Barnhardt, Robert Bauer, Sheena Beaverson, Richard Berg, Cynthia Briedis, Steven Brown, Keith Carr, Cheri Chenoweth, Melissa Chou, Michael Chrzastowski, Mark Collier, Brandon Curry, Brett Denny, William Dey, Jane Domier, Scott Elrick, Anne Erdmann, Robert Finley, Wayne Frankie, Sallie Greenberg, Keith Hackley, Beverly Herzog, Randy Hughes, Hue-Hwa Hwang, Ahmed Ismail, Philip Johanek, Charles Knight, Yevgeniy Kontar, David Larson, Timothy Larson, Zakaria Lasemi, Andrew Louchios, Donald Luman, Deette Lund, Donald McKay, Xiaodong Miao, James Miner, David Morse, Alan Myers, John Nelson, Cheryl Nimz, Jennifer Obrad, Samuel Panno, Andrew Phillips, Eric Plankell, Massoud Rostam-Abadi, Steven Sargent, Barbara Stiff, Christopher Stohr, Andrew Stumpf, Hong Wang, and Timothy Young. Thanks are given also to those individuals who provided photographs and images for this public<strong>at</strong>ion, including Robert Bauer, Steven Brown, Daniel Byers, Keith Carr, Melissa Chou, Michael Chrzastowski, Brandon Curry, Brett Denny, Joel Dexter, Anne Erdmann, Wayne Frankie, Beverly Herzog, Hue-Hwa Hwang, Michael Knapp, Yevgeniy Kontar, Timothy Larson, Zakaria Lasemi, Donald Luman, Donald McKay, Xiaodong Miao, James Miner, Cheryl Nimz, Thomas Rice, Samuel Panno, Steven Sargent, and Al Wehrmann (<strong>Illinois</strong> St<strong>at</strong>e W<strong>at</strong>er Survey). 1 © <strong>2008</strong> Board <strong>of</strong> Trustees <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Illinois</strong>. All rights reserved. For permissions inform<strong>at</strong>ion, contact the <strong>Illinois</strong> St<strong>at</strong>e Geological Survey. 2 4
Traditions in Transition <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2008</strong> Institute <strong>of</strong> N<strong>at</strong>ural Resource Sustainability William W. Shilts, Executive Director ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY E. Donald McKay III, Interim Director 615 East Peabody Drive <strong>Champaign</strong>, <strong>Illinois</strong> 61820-6964 217-333-4747 www.isgs.illinois.edu