Mortality from respiratory system cancer among Illinois residents, 1969-71 and 1979-81 : a vital statistics special report /

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Riverboat gambling and crime in Illinois : preliminary report on riverboat gambling in Joliet, impact on criminal activity and law enforcement workloads.

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Trends and issues 89 : criminal and juvenile justice in Illinois : focus on drugs, AIDS, DUI.

"March 1989."--T.p. verso.

Technical report : Illinois natural areas inventory /

"Performed under contract to the Illinois Department of Conservation."

A review of incarcerated Illinois class 4 felony offenders : are alternative sanctions appropriate? /

"July 1996"--T.p. verso.

A method for determining drainage areas, flow distances, and civil areas for water quality subsegments in Illinois /

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After sexual assault : medical care, criminal justice procedures, prosecution, emotional recovery.

Funding provided by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority through the Victims of Crime Act of 1984.

Analysis of the sulfur content of Illinois streams, with emphasis on contributions from the atmosphere /

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Analysis of water quality standards, Upper Sangamon Basin, Illinois /

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Analysis of water quality : Rock River Basin in Illinois /

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Analysis of water quality in the Galesburg Plain (McKee Creek, Lamoine River, Sugar Creek, Spoon River, and Kickapoo Creek), Illinois /

Bibliography: p. 30-1 to 30-4.

Analysis of water quality : upper Kaskaskia River Basin, Illinois /

Bibliography: p. 31-1-31-4.

Assessment of created wetland performance in Illinois /

Wetlands are extremely valuable natural features that have decreased significantly in number over time in Illinois and the United States ... Their important functions include flood protection, water conservation in times of drought, groundwater recharge, improvement of water quality through sediment reduction and contaminant removal, and providing habitat for native animals and plants, including many sensitive and state-listed threatened and endangered species ... Due to a federal "no net loss" policy on wetlands adopted through executive order by President George H. Bush in 1990, as well as a prevailing heightened interest in conservation in general, there is currently considerable interest in the restoration and creation of wetlands. Both Section-404 of the Clean Water Act of 1972 and the Swampbuster Provision of the Food Securities Act of 1985 require compensation or mitigation for the loss of wetlands. A number of federal and state programs such as Section 319 of the Clean Water Act and the Conservation Reserve Program within the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) encourage wetland restoration and creation. In addition, various conservation organizations, such as The Nature Conservancy and Ducks Unlimited are very active in wetland restoration. Despite wetland restoration efforts and the national goal of no net loss, wetlands and wetland functions continue to be lost due to degradation of existing wetlands ... Unfortunately, no reliable information exists on the quality of existing wetlands or on trends in wetland quality over time ... The functional quality of existing wetlands is likely decreasing in many areas due to the combined effects of habitat fragmentation, alteration of hydrology, invasive species, and continued input of nutrients and pollutants. Furthermore, it is still debatable whether created or restored wetlands can adequately replace the suite of ecological functions provided by natural wetlands ... and the failure of many wetland compensation projects contributes to a continued national net loss of wetland functions ... The need for post-construction site monitoring and assessment of created and restored wetlands to evaluate functional success is widely recognized. ... At this time, there is little agreement on how to assess the success on quality of wetland restorations or creations.

Casino gambling and crime in Chicago : the impact of the proposed casino complex on Chicago, Cook County, and selected state and federal criminal justice agencies /

"November 1992."

Chemical and toxicological analyses of Lake Calumet (Cook County, Illinois) sediments /

"HWRIC Project 88-048."