Research Guides: Cache River, Illinois: Watershed Science and Policy: History & Planning

Books, Dissertations, Theses, and Research Papers

Adams, J. H. (1994). The transformation of rural life: southern Illinois, 1890-1990. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1994. 321 p. Location: Morris Library, %th Floor, Call number: F547.U5 A34 1994, and Morris Library, Basement, 977.3995 A214t 1994.

Annable, E. L. (1995). Cache Township, Johnson County, Illinois. Cypress, IL: Ed Annable Publishing. Location: Morris Library, 4th Floor, Map Library Office. Call Number: Q. 977.3996 A532C1995 [Also available: Morris Library, 1st Floor, Special Collections Research Center. Call Number: 001161].

Bridges, C. A. (2007). Assessing community support and the potential for community-based partnerships in the restoration of the Cache River Wetlands. Ph.D. Dissertation, Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Brown, B. E. (1981). Toward an understanding of the values, goals, and attitudes of southern Illinois farmers. Master's thesis, Southern Illinois University

Bucciferro, R. P. (Ed). (1977). Parker’s History of Johnson County, Illinois: Illustrated history of Johnson County, Illinois. Hartford, KY: McDowell Publications. Available at Morris Library, Basement, Call Number: 977.3996 P244.

Chapman, L. M. C. (1925). A history of Johnson County, Illinois. Herrin, Il: Herrin News. Available at Morris Library, Basement, Call Number: 977.3996 C466h 1925.

Corzine, A. E. (2007). "History" Cache River Wetlands preservation pioneers: southern Illinois. Paducah, KY: Image Graphics. Available at Morris Library, 5th Floor, Call Number: QH76.5.I3 C67 2007x.

Degia, C. A. (2001). Responsible environmental behavior of African Americans in the Cache River Basin. Master's thesis, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. 109 p. Available at Morris Library, 3rd Floor, Call Number: q. FO 2001 D317r

Gebhardt, D. D. (1986). Acceptability of easements by landowners: a study of the Cache River private landowners and their relationship with the state of Illinois. Master's thesis, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. 64 p. Available at Morris Library, 3rd Floor, Theses & Dissertations. Call Number: q. GE 1986 G293

Gillman, K. R. (1996). The political ecology of conservation policy in cornbelt agriculture. Ph.D. dissertation, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. 383 p. Print Location: Morris Library, 3rd Floor, Theses & Dissertations. Call Number: q. GE 1996d G482

Klauser, J. R. (2004). Legitimacy in watershed planning: A case study from Cache River Watershed of Illinois. Master's thesis, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. 2 volumes. Location: Morris Library, Theses, 3rd Floor. Call number: Thesis AGR 2004 K63L

Kraft, S., Adams, J., Loftus, T. T., Lant, C. L., & Duram, L. A. (2004). Watershed planning in watersheds dominated by multiple, largely private owners: The Cache River of Southern Illinois. (pp. 190-197). In A. W. Ewert, D. C. Baker, & G. C. Bissex (Eds.), Integrated resource and environmental management: the human dimension. Cambridge, MA: CABI Publishers. [Note: Morris Library, Location: 5th Floor, LC Books; Call number: GE300 .E94 2004. Other copies available via the I-Share catalog or interlibrary loan.]

Loftus, T. T. (2000). Predicting land-use: The CRP and environmental resources in a southern Illinois watershed. Ph.D. dissertation, Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

McArdle, T. G. (1991). Comparison of presettlement and present forest communities by site type in the Illinois Ozark Hills. Master’s thesis, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. 143 p. L ocation: Morris Library, 3rd Floor, Theses & Dissertations. Call Number: q. FO 1991 M115

Moyer, W. N. (1943). Moyer’s brief history of Pulaski County 1843-1943. Mound City, IL: Pulaski Enterprise. Location: Morris Library, Basement, Call Number: 977.3998 M938b 1944

Noffke, Onita. (1995). An assessment of visitor characteristics at Cache River State Natural Area. Master's thesis, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 109 p. Location: Morris Library, 4th Floor, Theses & Dissertations. Call Number: q. HER 1995 N773.

Perrin, W. H. (Ed.) (1987). History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties, Illinois. Utica, KY: McDowell Publications. [Reprint of 1883 edition] Location: Morris Library, Basement Call Number: Q. 977.39 H67321987

Prang, T. A. (1996). The Cache River: an historical perspective into the current land-use problems. Research paper, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Location: Morris Library, Special Collections Research Center. Call number: 96-PRAN323869R (Requires 72 hours notice).

Prigge, D. (1973). History of the mouth of the Cache River, prepared through funding [of the] Dept. of Local Government Affairs, for Mound City, Ill. [Carbondale]. Location: Morris Library, 5th Floor. Call number: F547.O4 P7x

Railsbeck, L. E. (2005). Development of an education/outreach plan for Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge. Master’s thesis, University of Missouri-Columbia.

Ray, C. (2001). Land use change in the Cypress Quadrangle, Illinois: 1807, 1938, and 1993. Master's thesis, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Location: Morris Library, 3rd Floor, Theses & Dissertations. Call Number: q. GE 2001 R263l.

Ruhl, J. B., Kraft, S. E., & Lant, C. L. (2007). Ecosystem services from an agricultural watershed: the case of Big Creek. In: The law and policy of ecosystem services (pp. 205-212). Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2007. Morris Library Location: 5th Floor, Call Number: HC79.E5 R84 2007

Woodruff, K. J. (1997). Land acquisition in the welfare state: The case of the Cache River Bioreserve. Research paper, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. 56 p. Location: Morris Library, 1st Floor, Special Collections Research Center. Call Number: 97-WOOD 443523R [Note: non-circulating, requires 72 hours notice for retrieval]

Planning Documents

Guetersloh, M. (2002). Big Creek watershed restoration plan: A component of the Cache River watershed
Report to the Cache River Watershed Resource Planning Committee. Springfield, IL: Pilot Watersheds Program, Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

Articles, Papers, and Reports

Adams, J. (1993). Resistance to modernity: Southern Illinois farm women and the cult of domesticity. American Ethologist, 20, 89-133. doi:10.1525/ae.1993.20.1.02a00050

Adams, J., Beaulieu, J., Bennett, D., Duram, L., Kraft, S., Lant, C., Loftus, T., Nicklow, J., & Ruhl, J. B. (2002). Ecological restoration in multiple-owner watersheds: The case of the Cache River in Illinois--social and economic issues. In A. M. Strawn, (Ed.) Proceedings: 2001 Governor's Conference on the Management of the Illinois River System: The Illinois River: Partnerships for progress, restoration, and preservation: eighth biennial conference, October 24, 2001, Holiday Inn City Centre, Peoria, Illinois: Proceedings (pp. 161-175). Special Report No. 27. Urbana, IL: Illinois Water Resources Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. [Go to reader page 174. Contains an extensive description of the participant interviews and focus group process.] Retrieved from http://ilrdss.sws.uiuc.edu/pubs/2001_Governors_Conference.pdf

Adams, J., Kraft, S., & Duram, L. (2005). Class: An essential aspect of watershed planning. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 18, 533-556. doi:10.1007/s10806-005-0905-y [Note: The author list is not correct on the title page. See the Erratum note.]

Adams, J., Kraft, S., Ruhl, J. B., Lant, C., Loftus, T., & Duram, L. (2005). Watershed planning: Pseudo-democracy and its alternatives – the case of the Cache River Watershed, IL. Agriculture and Human Values, 22, 327-338. doi:10.1007/s10460-005-6049-x

Beck, R. J., Kraft, S. E., & Burde, J. H. (1999). Is the conversion of land from agricultural production to a bioreserve boon or bane for economic development? The Cache River Bioreserve as a case study. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 54(1), 394-401.
Behnken, J. A., Groninger, J. W., & Akamani, K. (2016). Institutional constraints to collaborative ecosystem management within a wetlands conservation partnership. Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education, 158(1), 19-33. doi:10.1111/j.1936-704X.2016.03216.x Open access at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1936-704X.2016.03216.x

Burde, J., Kraft, S., & Beck, R. (1998). Partnerships in wetland restoration. Parks & Recreation, 33(2), 34-44. Print Copy Location: Morris Library, 3^rd Floor, Journals Call Number: Shelved by journal title.

The Cache River Basin: An inventory of the region’s resources. (1997). Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Office of Realty and Environmental Planning; Nature of Illinois Foundation. Retrieved from http://dnr.state.il.us/orep/pfc/assessments/CRP/pagei.htm [Print copy in the Dewey Books Collection, Basement, Morris Library, Call Number: 333.7 C1191997]

Cobb, C R., & Jeffries, R. W. (1983). Archaeological investigations at the Milar Site, Alexander County, Illinois. Carbondale, IL: Center for Archaeological Investigations, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Research Paper No. 40. Location (Copy 1): Morris Library, 6th Floor. Call Number: E78.I3 C57 1983. Location (Copy 2): Morris Library, Basement. Call Number 977.3999 C653A.

Davenport, M. A., Bridges, C. A., Mangun, J. C., Carver, A. D., Williard, K. W. J., & Jones, E. O. (2010). Building local community commitment to wetlands restoration: A case study of the Cache River Wetlands in Southern Illinois, USA. Environmental Management, 45(4), 711-722. doi:10.1007/s00267-010-9446-x

Duram, L. A., Bathgate, J., & Ray, C. (2004). A local example of land-use change: Southern Illinois--1807, 1938, and 1993. The Professional Geographer, 56(1), 127-140. doi:10.1111/j.0033-0124.2004.05601017.x Note: Online access for SIUC users only.

Duram, L. A., Loftus T., Adams, J., Lant, C. L, & Kraft, S. (2008). Assessing the U.S. Watershed Management Movement: National trends and an Illinois case study. Water International, 33(2), 231-242. doi:10.1080/02508060802024627

Floress, K., Mangun, J. C., Davenport, M. A., & Williard, K. W. J. (2009). Constraints to watershed planning: Group structure and process. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 45(6),1352-1360. doi:10.1111/j.1752-1688.2009.00368.x

George, J. (2008, July 7). Promised land. Promise fading. - One man's dream for a utopian African-American community crumbles after his death, leaving little but memories. Chicago Tribune (Chicagoland Final), Section: Tempo, page 1. Retrieved from Newsbank: Chicago Tribune database. SIUC community only; Public version available with free account at the Chicago Tribune site: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2008-07-07/features/0807030403_1_chicago-housing-authority-african-american-prophet/2.

Guetersloh, M. (2002). Big Creek watershed restoration plan: A component of the Cache River watershed resource plan . Report to the Cache River Watershed Resource Planning Committee. Springfield, IL: Pilot Watersheds Program, Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Open Access.

Hutchison, Max D. (1987). The Lower Cache River Basin of Southern Illinois. Erigenia, 8, 1-54. [The entire issue is an excerpt of the Nature Conservancy's "Lower Cache River Plan." It discusses history of the area, information about geology, hydrology, climate, soils, sedimentation, pollution, flooding, declining populations of plants and animals, etc. https://illinoisplants.org/images/pub/Erigenia_No_08_Jan1987.pdf). A print copy of journal available in Morris Library.

Illinois. Dept. of Natural Resources. (1997). Office of Scientific Research and Analysis. Cache River Area Assessment. Champaign, Ill.: Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources. (v.1. pt.1. Hydrology, air quality, and climate -- v.1. pt.2. Living resources -- v.2. Socio-economic profile: early accounts of the ecology of the Cache River Area.) Print Copy Location: McLafferty Annex. Call Number: q. 577.609773 I29c 1997 [Note: The files are large. All three files may be retrieved from https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/13872]

Kraft, S., Miller, D., & Penberthy, J. (1995). The resource planning process in the Cache River watershed: The interplay of a technical committee, private and public agencies, and the resource planning committee-Lessons for success. Abstract of a paper presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Soil and Water Conservation Society, Des Moines, IA (USA), 6-9 Aug 1995.

Kraft, S., & Penberthy, J. (2000). Conservation policy for the future: What lessons have we learned from watershed planning and research. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 55(3), 327-333.

Kraft, S. E., Roth, P. L., & Thielen, A. C. (1989). Soil conservation as a goal among farmers: Results of a survey and cluster analysis. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 44(5), 487- 490.

Lant, C. (2003). Watershed governance in the United States: The challenges ahead. Water Resources Update, 126, 21-28.

Lant, C. L. (2005, September). Water resources policy issues in Illinois. Occasional Paper, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Retrieved from http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=ppi_papers

Lant, C. L., Kraft S. E., Beaulieu, J., Bennett, D., Loftus, T., and Nicklow, D. (2005). Using GIS-based ecological-economic modeling to evaluate policies affecting agricultural watersheds. Ecological Economics, 55(4), 467-484. doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.12.006

Lant, C. L., Loftus, T., Kraft, S. & Bennett, D. (2001). Land use dynamics in a Southern Illinois watershed. Environmental Management, 28(3), 325-340. doi:10.1007/s002672426

Mangun, J. C., Degia, C. A., & Davenport, M. A. (2009). Neighbors yet strangers: Local people's awareness of Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Southern Illinois, USA. Society and Natural Resources, 22(4), 295-307. doi:10.1080/08941920801981931

McCorvie, M. R., & Lant, C. L. (1993). Drainage district formation and the loss of midwestern wetlands, 1850-1930. Agricultural History, 67(4), 13-39.

Mohlenbrock, R. H. (2009). On Heron Pond. Natural History, 118(4), 52-53.

Olson, K. R. & Morton, L. W. (2014). The 2011 Ohio River flooding of the Cache River Valley in southern Illinois. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 69(1), 5A-10A. Retrieved from http://www.jswconline.org/content/69/1/5A.full.pdf+html

RedCloud, M. (Ed.) (1997). Culture of the Cache River: an oral history of the upper Cache River. (interviews conducted by E. Annable, M. RedCloud). Location: Morris Library, Special Collections Research Center (non-circulating). Call Number: 001577.

Ruhl, J. B., Lant, C., Loftus, T., Kraft, S., Adams, J., & Duram, L. (2003). Proposal for a model state watershed management act. Environmental Law, 33(4), 929-947. Retrieved from http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=438701 [Note: Use the "One-Click Download" link to access the PDF of the article. The Cache River Watershed is used as an example in the footnotes.]

Schwegman, J. (1991). Saving the Cache. Outdoor Highlights, 19(9), 3-11. Location: Basement, Morris Library Call Number: Shelved by Journal Title.

Sengupta, R., Bennett, D. A., Beaulieu, J., & Kraft, S. E. (2000). Evaluating the impact of policy-induced land use management practices on non-point source pollution using a spatial decision support system. Water International, 25(3), 437-445. Location: Morris Library, 3rd Floor, Journals. Call Number: Shelved by Journal Title. [Big Creek]

Shasteen, Scott et al. (2002). An intensive survey of the Cache River Basin, data summary: summer 1999. Springfield, Ill. : State of Illinois, Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Water. Location: Morris Library, 5th Floor. Call Number: QH96.8.B5 I58 2002.

Sierra Club. Shawnee Group. Sierra Club, Shawnee Group records, 1972-1987. Location: Morris Library, 1st Floor, Special Collections Research Center. Call Number: 4/3/PP 30 Finding aid available: http://archives.lib.siu.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=2466

Smith, W. (1996, June 13). World-class Illinois swamp rises above the muck . Chicago Tribune, (North Sports Final), Section: News, Page: 1. Retrieved from Newsbank: Chicago Tribune database.

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