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<strong>Quarterly</strong> Progress <strong>Report</strong>
Project Title: Restoration Progress & Flood Disturbance at IDOT Wetland
Mitigation Sites
QPR Author Name: Geoffrey E. Pociask
Telephone: (217) 265-8212 Project Completed: 50%
Percent Time Used to Date: 100 %
Research <strong>Quarterly</strong> Progress
<strong>Report</strong>
Ending MARCH 2012
Last Updated: 6/22/2012 <strong>Report</strong> Generated:6/27/2012
TRP Chair Approved: 4/27/2012
Project Number: R27-114 Function Code: R27-114
Estimated Dates
Fiscal Year: 2012
Project Status: On Schedule
(green)
Task Title Start Complete Progress this
Quarter
Completed
Task 1: Data assessment and site selection 10/1/2011 9/30/2012 No Yes
Task 2: Data compilation 10/1/2011 3/31/2012 No No
Task 3: Statistical analysis 10/1/2011 6/30/2012 No No
Task 4: Summarize progress 10/1/2011 9/30/2012 No No
Project Start Date: 10/1/2011 Original Project End Date: 9/30/2012 Number of Extentions: 0 Current Project End Date: 9/30/2012
Original Project Budget: $80000 Number of Budget Changes: 0 Current Project Budget: $81214
Total Funds Expended this Quarter: $0 Total Project Expenses to Date: $0 Total % Of Budget Spent To Date: 0%
Project Description:
The majority of Illinois wetlands and most IDOT wetland mitigation sites are located in floodplain
areas. These areas are subject to varying degrees of flooding depending on their location
within a given watershed and their climate zone within the state. Although floodplain wetlands
are supported by regular flooding, extreme flooding can also produce excessive sediment,
create ice damage and inundate and kill wetland plants. The proposed research will focus on
quantifying flood characteristics at several IDOT wetland mitigation sites and analyzing the
relationship between flooding and plant community development, with particular focus on the
achievement of vegetation-based performance standards. The research will draw on past and
current data from the IDOT wetlands program. The project will consist of compilation of existing
data housed at the INHS and ISGS, computation of flood statistics, and statistical analysis. In
addition, we will initiate a field study to determine the effect of flooding on planted tree survival
at newly constructed IDOT wetlands. In order to evaluate the consequences of recent changes
in wetland delineation methodology, wetland establishment at IDOT wetland mitigation sites will be assessed in the context of the 1987 US Army
Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation
Manual and the 2010 Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation
Manual: Midwest Region.
Keywords: wetlands, restoration, mitigation, flood
Principal Investigator:
Name: Geoffrey E. Pociask Organization / Address
Telephone: (217) 265-8212
Email: Pociask@isgs.illinois.edu
Illinois State Geological Survey
University of Illinois 615 E. Peabody Drive Champaign, IL 61820
Co-Investigator:
Name: Jeffrey W. Matthews Organization / Address
Illinois Natural History Survey
Telephone: (217) 244-2168
Email: Matthews@inhs.illinois.edu
Research Student Team Members:
Technical Review Panel:
Members Telephone Email Address
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