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Mission The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. We are both a leader and trusted partner in fish and wildlife conservation, known for our scientific excellence, stewardship of lands and natural resources, dedicated professionals and com- mitment to public service. For more information on our work and the people who make it happen, visit http://www.fws.gov. MIDWEST REGION ILLINOIS 1 ntents contents MIDWEST REGION Introduction 4 Midwest Region Highlights 5 Midwest Regional Office 6 Midwest Region Map 7 2 ntents contents ILLINOIS STATE Illinois Service Overview 8 Map of Service Facilities in Illinois 9 Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge 10 Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge 11 Illinois River 12 Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge 13 Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge 14 Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge - Savanna District 15 Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs 16 Carterville Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office 17 Large Rivers Coordination Office 18 Illinois Private Lands Office 19 Chicago Ecological Services Field Office 20 Rock Island Ecological Services Field Office 21 Marion Ecological Services Sub-Office 22 Chicago Law Enforcement Field Office 23 Springfield Law Enforcement Office 24 Chicago Wildlife Inspection Office 25 Illinois Office Directory 26 3 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Introduction to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service The Service manages the 150 million- An Overview acre National Wildlife Refuge System that consists of 550 national wildlife refuges, 7,000 waterfowl production areas, and other special management T he U.S. Fish and Wildlife areas. The Service also carries out Service (Service) is the its mission through the 81 ecological principal federal agency services field stations, 69 national responsible for conserving, fish hatcheries, and 63 fish and Quick Facts protecting, and enhancing fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats wildlife conservation offices located nationwide. for the continuing benefit of the American people. The agency enforces federal wildlife laws, manages migratory bird The vast majority of fish and wildlife populations, restores nationally • 550 National Wildlife Refuges habitat is on lands not owned by significant fisheries, conserves and the federal government. Given that restores fish and wildlife habitat • 37 Wetland Management Districts roughly 70% of the nation is owned such as wetlands, administers the and administered by state and local Endangered Species Act, and helps • 7,000 Waterfowl Production Areas governments, tribes, corporations, foreign governments with their and families, it is clear why conservation efforts. The Service • 150 million acres of fish and conservation efforts on non-federal also administers a number of wildlife habitat lands are of such great importance. grant programs that promote the • 81 Ecological Services field restoration of fish, wildlife, and their The Service could not achieve its habitat on tribal and private lands. stations mission without partnering with state and local governments, non-profit The Service oversees the Wildlife • 69 National Fish Hatcheries organizations, businesses, and private and Sport Fish Restoration program citizens. Programs such as Partners that distributes federal excise taxes • 63 Fish and Wildlife Conservation for Fish and Wildlife, Partners in on fishing and hunting equipment Offices Flight, the Coastal Program, and to state natural resource agencies. partnership activities with individuals This program is a cornerstone of the • 7,500 employees are the primary mechanisms for nation's wildlife management efforts; assisting in voluntary habitat funding fish and wildlife restoration, restoration on non-Service lands boating access, hunter education, and fostering conservation practices shooting ranges and related projects throughout the Region. across America. Approximately 7,500 people are employed by the Service at facilities across the United States. It is a decentralized organization with headquarters in Washington, D.C., eight geographic regional offices, and nearly 700 field units. 4 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Midwest Region Highlights T he U.S. Fish and Wildlife Regional Programs and Offices Service established the Midwest Region (Region 3) in 1973. The • 54 National Wildlife Refuges region is composed of eight states – Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, • 12 Wetland Management Districts Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The region is highly diverse • More than 300,000 acres in waterfowl from an ecological perspective as it production areas Quick Facts encompasses tallgrass prairie and potholes, agricultural lands, northern • 6 National Fish Hatcheries and temperate forests, a large section • Employment: Roughly 1,000 of the Mississippi River drainage basin, • 6 National Fish and Wildlife permanent employees and four of the five Great Lakes. The Conservation Offices region is headquartered just outside of • Acres Managed: 1.3 million Minneapolis, Minnesota. • 2 Biological Stations • 1.7 million acres of wildlife habitat • 8 Private Lands Offices acquired by states through the Division of Wildlife and Sport Fish Regional Priorities • 9 Ecological Services Offices Restoration's federal grant program • To promote partnerships offering • 18 Law Enforcement Offices • The Fiscal Year 2009 budget for innovative opportunities to enhance the regional Service activities totaled Region's fish and wildlife resources $355.9 million (including federal grants to states and other non- • To provide healthy fish and wildlife federal partners) trust species populations and habitats to support them • More than 7 million people visited refuges throughout the Midwest • To provide the public with quality Region to hunt, fish, participate in hunting, fishing, wildlife watching, and interpretive programs, and view other wildlife-dependent recreational wildlife in 2009 opportunities on Service lands • 47 comprehensive conservation • To provide an organization dedicated plans (CCPs) have been completed to employee excellence, reflecting the for national wildlife refuges in the nation's rich diversity, and providing region since 1997 quality service to and decision-making for the resources for which the Service • The Partners for Fish and Wildlife has trust responsibility (migratory Program coordinated restoration birds, threatened and endangered or enhancement of over 15,500 species, interjurisdictional fish) upland acres and over 5,500 acres of wetlands, removed 9 fish barriers, and carried out almost 70 miles of streambank/riparian restoration in Fiscal Year 2009 • Through 2009, 68 threatened and endangered species and 11 candidate species were identified in the Midwest Region 5 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Midwest Regional Office Overview of Regional Programs Regional Programs • National Wildlife Refuge System • Ecological Services • Fisheries • Migratory Birds • Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration • Law Enforcement Midwest Regional Office • Budget and Administration Purpose • External Affairs The Regional Office provides a central headquarters to facilitate partnership, administrative, budgetary, operational, Contact Information personnel and policy execution between the national office in Washington, D.C., Tom Melius and field offices located throughout the Regional Director region. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Organization Charles Wooley The Region is managed by the Deputy Regional Director Regional Director with the assistance E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com of a Deputy Regional Director, six Program Assistant Regional Directors (Budget and Administration, Ecological BHW Federal Building Services, External Affairs, Fisheries, 1 Federal Drive Migratory Birds and State Programs, Ft. Snelling, MN 55111 and the National Wildlife Refuge Phone: 612-713-5301 System), a Special Agent in Charge FAX 612-713-5284 of Law Enforcement and a Special Assistant to the Regional Director for http://midwest.fws.gov Science. 6 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Midwest Region Map 7 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Illinois Service Overview Habitat Types and been major successes has disappeared, and 18 Ecosystems in the restoration of species of plants, animals the Upper Mississippi and insects have been Illinois' non-agricultural River and the Chicago extirpated, while 127 landscape contains six Region. In the last 20 additional species are major habitat types: years, approximately listed as endangered or prairies, forests, 80,000 acres of habitat threatened by the state. rivers and streams, have been restored on Invasive species also Quick Facts wetlands and lakes. the Upper Mississippi threaten all of the major • The Service has approximately Each ecosystem type and Illinois Rivers, but natural community types 100 permanent employees in provides habitats for additional challenges throughout the state. Illinois a diverse number of remain. In the Chicago In the Chicago Region, plants and animals, Region, over 7,000 urban and suburban • The Fiscal Year 2009 Resource including federally- acres of wetland and development is a primary Management budget for Service listed threatened and associated uplands threat. To address this activities in Illinois totaled endangered species. have been restored challenge the Service approximately $8.9 million Premier examples through partnerships and its many partners include the Cache River's with local landowning in Illinois continue • There are 10 National cypress tupelo swamps agencies. Conservation to work together for Wildlife Refuges in Illinois total and the hardwood forests priorities here include short and long term approximately 128,000 acres in southern Illinois; restoration of wet solutions. Major tools the concentration of prairies and marshes include the provision • In 2009, nearly 1.4 million people marshes, native prairie that support declining of natural resource visited National Wildlife Refuges remnants, and the Lake bird populations and planning assistance in Illinois to hunt, fish, participate Michigan coastline of the endangered species. to federal, state and in interpretive programs, and view Chicago region; and the local governments; wildlife diverse and extensive Conservation contaminants habitats of the Upper Challenges investigations and Mississippi and Illinois remediation; and Rivers. The major challenge endangered species in Illinois is to reduce consultations and Conservation Priorities fish and wildlife habitat recovery planning. and Successes loss, degradation, and fragmentation of fish Through cooperative and wildlife habitat in all multi-partner initiatives Illinois ecosystems. For that the FWS has been example, 99.99 percent leaders in, there have of Illinois' native prairie 8 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Map of Service Facilities in Illinois 9 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge Refuge Objectives & objective through man-made lakes, which Opportunities cooperative farming together exceed 8,700 and permittee grazing acres. Environmental The refuge is programs. education, fishing, managed with four hunting, interpretation, broad objectives: Upland habitat is photography, and wildlife wildlife management, maintained using fire observation are part of Quick Facts agriculture, recreation, and timber management. the public use program. and agriculture. Controlled burning is • Crab Orchard National Wildlife very carefully used to The refuge also allows Refuge was established in 1947 The primary wildlife remove overly dense hiking, bird watching, on land previously administered management objective vegetation and assist boating, waterskiing, by the War Department and is to satisfy the food with the removal of camping, and picnicking. the Soil Conservation Service. and resting needs of invasive plant species. The refuge has an auto Habitat types on the refuge wintering Canada geese tour route and a visitor include hardwood forest, farmland, and other wildlife. This The recreational information center. grazing units, brushland, wetlands, objective is coordinated objective centers largely and lakes with the agriculture around the refuge's three • The refuge provides significant resting areas for migratory birds utilizing the Mississippi Flyway. • Wintering numbers of Canada Geese can peak at 200,000. • A total of 700 plant species, 245 bird species, 33 mammal species, 63 fish species, and 44 reptile and amphibian species have been documented on the refuge. • The western 24,000 acres of the refuge provide a wide range of recreational opportunities and also include a 4,050-acre wilderness area. The eastern portion (20,000 acres) is a wildlife sanctuary and public use is limited. Contact Information Project Leader: Dan Frisk 8588 Route 148 Marion, IL 62959 Phone: 618-997-3344 FAX 618-997-8961 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com http://midwest.fws.gov/craborchard Directions Crab Orchard Refuge is located 5 miles west of Marion, Illinois, and 5 miles south of Herrin, Illinois, on State Route 148. From I-57 in Marion, go west on Illinois Route 13 about 5 miles to Illinois Route 148. Turn left (south) and go 2.5 miles. The refuge Visitor Information Center is located on the left. 10 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge Refuge Objectives & Contact Information Opportunities Project Leader: Mike Brown The overarching goal of 0137 Rustic Campus Drive the refuge is to protect, Ullin, IL 62992 restore, and manage wetlands and bottomland Phone: 618-634-2231 FAX 618-634-9656 Quick Facts forests that provide E-mail: email@example.com habitat for waterfowl and other migratory http://midwest.fws.gov/cypresscreek • Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge is located in southernmost birds, resident wildlife, and endangered and Directions Illinois, within the Cache River Watershed threatened species. Take Interstate 57, and exit at #18, Active management Shawnee College Road. Travel ap- • The refuge was established proximately 7.1 miles east to the refuge in 1990 under the Emergency programs include water management, cooperative office located on the Shawnee College Wetlands Resource Act of 1986 Rustic Campus, Building D. The refuge farming, wildlife surveys, habitat restoration, is approximately 22 miles north of • The refuge has seven permanent Cairo, Illinois, and 35 miles south of staff law enforcement, and cultural resource Carbondale, Illinois. • The Cache River and Cypress monitoring and research. Creek Wetland was designated Management programs a "Wetland of International are coordinated with the Importance" (Ramsar site) for its Illinois Department of rich diversity of plant and animal Natural Resources within communities the larger watershed landscape. • The refuge contains some of the oldest living trees east of the Recreational Mississippi River and harbors 91% opportunities of Illinois' high-quality swamp include habitat environmental education, fishing, hunting, interpretation, photography, and wildlife observation. 11 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Illinois River National Wildlife and Fish Refuges Refuge Objectives & wintering areas for state events. Waterfowl Opportunities migratory birds along hunting is allowed on 750 the Mississippi Flyway. acres. The Illinois River Refuges were Recreational Meredosia National established to conserve, opportunities include Wildlife Refuge also has restore and manage environmental an accessible 1/4 mile Quick Facts floodplain wetlands and education, fishing, foot trail with a deck bottomland forest for hunting, interpretation, overlook. Sport and • The Illinois River National migratory birds and photography, and wildlife commercial fishing is Wildlife and Fish Refuges is a other wildlife along observation. allowed on Meredosia complex of three refuges totaling with the conservation Lake. about 12,292 acres on the Illinois of endangered or Chautauqua National River threatened species Wildlife Refuge Emiquon National and incidental programs include Wildlife Refuge has • The Complex includes fish and wildlife a ½ mile long a hiking trail and Chautauqua, Emiquon, and oriented recreational accessible interpretive information kiosk. Meredosia National Wildlife development. footpath; waterfowl Hunting and sport fishing Refuges. Cameron Billsbach hunting; fishing; and activities are allowed on located near Henry, Illinois is a Refuge lands are environmental education. Emiquon. unit of Chautauqua Refuge managed to serve as a The refuge staff make vital link in the chain a variety of interpretive • The refuge units are located in of resting, feeding, and presentations at local and the Alton, LaGrange, and Peoria Navigation Pools of the Illinois River Waterway • Chautauqua, Meredosia, and Emiquon National Wildlife Refuges were established in 1936, 1973, and 1993, respectively • Each refuge area is a mix of floodplain wetlands, bottomland forests, and a small amount of upland forest • Chautauqua Refuge has Contact Information been designated as a "Globally Important Bird Area" and Lee Albright accepted into the "Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve 19031 E County Road 2110N Network" Havana, IL 62644 Phone: 309-535-2290 FAX 309-535-3023 E-mail: email@example.com http://midwest.fws.gov/illinoisriver Directions The complex headquarters is located 8 miles north of Havana, Illinois, and 30 miles south of Pekin, Illinois, on the Manito Blacktop. Turn onto 1950E. Travel one mile to 2110N to the visitor center or continue on 1950E for another 1.5 miles to the Eagle Bluff Access Area for fishing and wildlife viewing opportunities. 12 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge Refuge Objectives & structures to provide Habitat restoration Opportunities seasonal wetlands for work is done to provide migratory birds. By habitat for fish and Floodplain forests allowing these lands to wildlife and to provide provide important flood and re-connect increased opportunities habitat for migratory with the river, the refuge for the public to engage birds, as well as resident contributes to the overall in wildlife-dependent Quick Facts wildlife. Former health of the ecosystem. outdoor recreation. agricultural lands within • The Middle Mississippi River the refuge are being Former agricultural Recreational National Wildlife Refuge was restored to hardwood lands are allowed to opportunities include established on May 31, 2000 forests and native return to forested environmental prairies. habitat, with the education, fishing, • Refuge lands were purchased in occasional tree plantings hunting, interpretation, response to the great flood of 1993 Where possible, old river to promote species photography, and wildlife channels and swales are diversity and abundant observation. • The refuge has six divisions - managed with passive food for native wildlife. Meissner Island, near Valmeyer, water control Illinois; Harlow Island, near Festus, Missouri; Beaver Island and Horse Island, near Kaskaskia, Illinois; Crains Island and Rockwood Island, near Rockwood, Illinois; and Wilkinson Island, near Gorham, Illinois • The refuge contains more than 7,000 acres of land in the states of Illinois and Missouri • Refuge lands provide access to the floodplain for native fish during high water stages and create a corridor of floodplain forest habitat for migratory birds and resident wildlife Contact Information Project Leader: Robert Cail 1293 Rocky Hollow Road Rockwood, IL 62280 Phone: 217-224-8580 FAX 217-224-8583 E-mail: email@example.com Directions Middle Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge headquarters is located approximate- ly 7 miles south of Chester, Illinois on State Route 3. Turn left on Rocky Hollow road and travel 0.2 miles, turning left into the headquarters entrance drive. 13 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Refuge Objectives & Other habitat are sedimentation from Opportunities management strategies the rivers and the local are forest and grassland watersheds, and invasive Two Rivers National restoration, cooperative species of plants and Wildlife Refuge is farming, and controlled animals. managed for migratory burning. birds, endangered Recreational Quick Facts species, large river fish Flooding of the opportunities include and wildlife dependent Mississippi and Illinois environmental • Two Rivers National Wildlife recreation. Rivers is common, so education, fishing, Refuge is comprised of 8,500 acres facilities on the Refuge hunting, interpretation, divided into 5 management units Refuge managers use such as roads, parking photography, and wildlife (divisions) situated in 4 counties in several techniques to lots, kiosks, dikes and observation. Illinois and Missouri. Refuge lands mimic the historic water pump stations are lie in US Congressional Districts level fluctuations of a designed and built to IL-17 and MO-2 large river floodplain withstand flooding by the ecosystem. Water level rivers. • Approximately 30,000 people manipulation is used to visit the Refuge each year for create habitat conditions Two major threats to recreational purposes. inhabited by resident and wildlife resources on the migrating water birds. Refuge • Most of Two Rivers Refuge is located in the floodplain near Contact Information the confluence of the Illinois and Mississippi rivers, 40 miles Project Leader: upstream of St. Louis, Missouri John Mabery HC 82, Box 107 • The refuge provides an Brussels, IL 62013-9711 important link in the chain of resting, feeding, and wintering Phone: 618-883-2524 areas for migratory species using FAX 618-883-2201 the Mississippi Flyway, as well E-mail: email@example.com as important habitat for many http://midwest.fws.gov/tworivers resident wildlife species • The Refuge was originally Directions established in 1958 as the Brussels District of the Mark Twain From Alton, Illinois: Travel 14 miles National Wildlife Refuge. In 2000 west on the Great River Road (Hwy the US Fish & Wildlife Service 100) to the Brussels Ferry. Cross the Illinois River. Cross the Illinois River on the converted the District into a stand- Brussels Ferry and continue 4 miles on Illinois River Road (CR-1). Turn right onto alone Refuge with the new name of Hagen Road and follow directional signs to the Refuge Headquarters. Two Rivers NWR From St. Charles County Missouri: Cross the Mississippi River on the Golden Eagle Ferry. Travel two miles on Ferry Road to the intersection with Mississippi River Road, then turn right. This road meanders through rolling hills for 3.4 miles to the intersection with Illinois River Road. Turn right, travel two miles, turn left onto Hagen Road and follow directional signs to the Refuge Headquarters. 14 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge - Savanna District Refuge Objectives & island building, bank Recreational Opportunities stabilization, oxygenation opportunities include of backwaters, and environmental Restoring riverine dredging areas for over- education, fishing, habitat is the main focus wintering fish. hunting, interpretation, of management activities. photography, wildlife Other programs observation, and Resource management include native prairie primitive camping. Quick Facts projects include a mix of wetland management, restoration, forest management, waterfowl grassland/forest banding, invertebrate • The Upper Mississippi River management, and fish sampling, vegetative National Fish and Wildlife Refuge management. monitoring; and surveys was established by an Act of for waterfowl, heron Congress in June 1924 Aquatic resource and egret colonies, management projects neotropical birds, eagles, • The Savanna District has 9 include active water marsh, and water birds. permanent staff level management, • The refuge serves as sanctuary and a breeding place for migratory birds, fish, other wildlife, and plants • The refuge is the longest (261 miles) river refuge in the continental U.S. • The refuge lies within Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois and is composed of four districts: Winona, La Crosse, McGregor, and Savanna • The Savanna District encompasses approximately 64,000 acres and spans 80 miles of the Mississippi River in IA and IL • The refuge has 3.7 million annual visits, which is the most of any national wildlife refuge Contact Information • The refuge has a diverse wildlife population including: 306 bird, 119 Ed Britton, District Manager fish, 52 mammal, and 42 mussel, 31 7071 Riverview Road reptile, and 14 amphibian species Thomson, IL 61285 • The refuge is designated a Phone: 815-273-2732 Globally Important Bird Area FAX 815-273-2960 E-mail: email@example.com • The floodplains of the Upper http://www.fws.gov/midwest/UpperMississippiRiver/ Mississippi River have been designated a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance Directions • Up to 50% of the world's The Savanna District Office is located south of Savanna, Illinois. From Savanna, canvasback ducks use the refuge head south on Route 84 for 3.5 miles, turn right onto Riverview Road. Travel 0.5 as stopover habitat during fall miles to the office and visitor center. migration 15 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs FY 2008 Allocation - Illinois USFWS, Region 3, FFY 2009 WSFR Funds State of Illinois, DNR (in thousands) National Coastal Wetlands Grants, 0, 0% Boating Infrastructure Grant Program, 3,200, 11% Clean Vessel Act, 219, 1% Aquatic Education, 0, 0% Contact Information Landowner Incentive Program - Tier II, 766, 2% Landowner Incentive Jim Hodgson, Chief Program - Tier I, 0, 0% Sport Fish Restoration, 8,199, 28% Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Endangered Species Grants, 1 Federal Drive 137, 0% Ft. Snelling, MN 55111 Phone: 612-713-5131 FAX 612-713-5290 State Wildlife Grants - E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Apportioned, 4,119, 14% Boating Access, 4,257, 14% http://www.fws.gov/midwest/Feder- alAid/ Hunter Education - Sect. 10 Enhanced, 240, 1% Hunter Education - Sect. 4c, Wildlife Restoration, 6,994, 1,520, 5% 24% Example Project – E of the W-76-D project. Management and P Public Land Wildlife The 14,314-acre site restoration of the Area H Habitat spans two counties is a work in progress in southern Illinois. involving Illinois O One of the largest The Area contains Department of Natural and longest running a 1,000-year-old bald Resources (DNR), The Pittman Robertson P cypress trees in Illinois' Nature Conservancy, W Wildlife Restoration largest natural area U.S. Fish and Wildlife A Act projects in Illinois and largest dedicated Service and Ducks is the Statewide Public nature preserve—and 18 Unlimited, with support L Lands Wildlife Habitat parking lots constructed from the Department of D Development Project, through the W-76-D Agriculture and other in initiated in 1962 and project that are designed constituency groups. k known commonly as to provide hunter access At monthly meetings, W-76-D. The goals W to more than 11,800 the partners discuss o of the project are to acres of prime squirrel, how to maximize efforts c create wildlife habitat deer and duck habitat. and leverage funds for on public lands, provide o For the majority of restoration of the unique f facility access and the year, these lots bottomland forest and r recreation opportunities, provide the hiker, birder, river ecosystems. and establish a photographer and nature w wildlife management enthusiast access to d demonstration areas for incredible sights and I Illinois citizens. sounds of the river system. The Cache River State T N Natural Area is an e example of the success 16 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Carterville Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office Goals & Services • Restore aquatic participation in Provided habitat in the Ohio the Middle Basin River Basin by helping Work Group as well Objectives are to: to establish the Ohio as assisting with River Basin Fish monitoring, research, • Recover fish and Habitat Partnership and broodstock mussel populations under the National Fish collection efforts on protected under the Habitat Action Plan. the Middle Mississippi Quick Facts Endangered Species Act. • Improve Big River River. habitat on the Upper • Increase support • Office was established in 1981 • Maintain diverse, self- Mississippi River for fish and wildlife sustaining populations by working with the conservation as well as • Three permanent staff of fish and other aquatic U.S. Army Corps of improving the health organisms and habitats. Engineers and other of kids and adults by • Geographic area served includes partners to complete connecting people with the parts of Illinois, Indiana, and • Enhance recreational and evaluate habitat nature. Ohio that are in the Mississippi fishing opportunities on enhancement projects. and Ohio River basins Service and Department • Conduct outreach to of Defense lands. • Minimize range raise public awareness expansions and prevent of aquatic nuisance • Facilitate fish transfer of aquatic species. spawning by working nuisance species such to identify key habitats as Asian carp between and then using the the Great Lakes and National Fish Passage Mississippi River. Program to bypass or remove barriers to fish • Assist with recovery movements. of endangered pallid sturgeon through Contact Information Project Leader: Rob Simmonds 9053 Route 148, Suite A Marion, IL 62959 Phone: 618-997-6869 FAX 618-997-9185 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Directions From I-57, take exit 54b toward Carbondale (west) onto State Route 13. Proceed 3.2 miles to State Route 148 and turn left (south). Pro- ceed 1.2 miles and look for our office on the right just after crossing Old Route 13. 17 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Large Rivers Coordination Office Goals & Services fishery resources and Species (ANS) Task Provided related recreation. Force Regional Mississippi River Basin Objectives are to: • Improve Panel on (ANS). communication and • Improve basin coordination among • Publish River wide networking entities responsible Crossings, a national and coordinating for fisheries resource news letter on riverine Quick Facts mechanisms. management. ecology, conservation, and management. • Develop an • Serves as • Established in 1992 information Coordinator/Executive • Establish programs management program Secretary for the to address basin-wide • One permanent staff based on standardized Mississippi Interstate interjurisdictional rivers methods. Cooperative Resource management issues. • Ninety-three inter-jurisdictional Association (MICRA). rivers in the Mississippi River • Determine and Basin document the • Serves as socioeconomic value Coordinator/Executive of interjurisdictional Secretary for the Aquatic Nuisance Contact Information Project Leader: Greg Conover 9053 Route 148 Marion, Illinois 62959 Phone: 618-997-6869 FAX 618-997-9185 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com http://www.fws.gov/midwest/Fisheries/offices/site- largerivers.htm Directions From I-57, take exit 54b toward Carbondale (west) onto State Route 13. Proceed 3.2 miles to State Route 148 and turn left (south). Proceed 1.2 miles and look for our office on the right just after cross- ing Old Route 13. 18 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Illinois Private Lands Office Goals & Services FWS project leaders Program Benefits Provided within the state and their supervisors, and the Highlights include: The Illinois Private Division of Partners for Lands Office serves Fish and Wildlife. • Increased as the primary FWS wildlife abundance Private Lands/Partners The office reviews and and protection of for Fish and Wildlife recommends actions on endangered species Coordinator in the state. all FWS involvement Quick Facts with Farm Bill • Enhanced wildlife The office provides conservaiton programs, diversity • Office was established in 1981 technical and financial wetlands protection assistance to landowners legislation, and executive • Invasive species • Three permanent staff and partners to restore orders. control and enhance fish and • Geographic area served includes wildlife habitat on private The office develops • Improved soil, water the parts of Illinois, Indiana, and lands. partnerships and joint and air quality Ohio that are in the Mississippi ventures with State and Ohio River basins The office serves as Offices, NRCS, FSA, and • Increased recreational the liaison between all private landowners, to opportunities benefit fish and wildlife by enhancing and • Broad coalition of restoring habitat. partnerships supporting voluntary habitat The office works with restoration on private Service project leaders lands to ensure ascertainment, acquisition, and provide management assistance so that Service projects on private lands proceed in a timely manner. Contact Information Project Leader: Gwen Kolb 1 Natural Resources Way Springfield, IL 62702 Phone: 217-557-4474 FAX 217-782-4814 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com http://www.fws.gov/midwest/partners/illinois.html Directions Take I-55 to exit 100B. Turn right onto I-55 Business/N. Peoria Rd. Turn left onto Taintor Rd. Turn left into Gate 7(N. 8th Street Rd.). The building is on the right (office is located in the Illinois Department of Natu- ral Resources Building situated on the Illinois State Fairgrounds). 19 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Chicago Ecological Services Field Office Success and • Work with regional • Develop settlement Opportunities partners on green agreements and habitat infrastructure restoration plans for Objectives are to: planning for Chicago contaminant-injured fish metropolitan area. and wildlife to restore • Provide leadership lost resource values. and support to • Assist public and Chicago Wilderness, private landowners with an alliance of over 230 habitat restoration. Quick Facts organizations working to conserve and restore • Work with schools, • The Chicago Ecological Services the region's biodiversity. park and forest Field Office was established in preserve districts, 1991 • Lead recovery and other partners to planning efforts provide programs that • 10 permanent staff for Hine's emerald help children and adults dragonfly and eastern connect with nature. • Area covered includes prairie fringed orchid. northeastern Illinois counties of Cook, Lake, McHenry, Kane, DuPage, and Will • Program areas include Contact Information Environmental Education, Conservation Planning Assistance, Project Leader: Janice Engle Endangered Species, Partners 1250 S. Grove Ave., Suite 103 for Fish and Wildlife, and Barrington, IL 60010 Environmental Contaminants Phone: 847-381-2253 FAX 847-381-2285 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com http://midwest.fws.gov/chicago Directions From westbound I-90 exit north onto Barrington Road, proceed 5 miles, after stoplight at Dundee Road turn right (east) on Cornell, Chicago ESFO is in second office building on the right on corner of Cornell and Grove. From eastbound I-90 exit north at IL Rt. 59, proceed north 5 miles, turn right (east) at stoplight on Dundee Road, go 1 mile to stoplight at Bar- rington Road, turn left (north) and proceed ½ mile to Cornnell, turn right (east) on Cornell, Chicago ESFO is in second office building on the right on corner of Cornell and Grove. 20 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Rock Island Ecological Services Field Office Goals and Services prairie fringed orchid in Habitat restoration at Provided Iowa and the decurrent Superfund sites and false aster in Illinois. with oil and hazardous The Rock Island ESFO : spill response and • Consults with prevention. • Works with federal federal agencies to agencies, five states, and minimize and eliminate • Partners with Quick Facts other Service programs the impacts of their landowners to restore to protect and restore programs on fish habitats on private land. • Established in 1978 fish and wildlife habitats and wildlife habitats. Example: Restored over of the Upper Mississippi Examples: Clean Water 8000 acres of wildlife • Nine permanent staff River. Example: The Act section 404 permits, habitat in Illinois since U.S. Army Corps of Federal Highway 1987. • Work area includes Iowa, Engineers' Upper Administration Illinois (outside the Chicago area) Mississippi and Illinois and USDA Natural and the Upper Mississippi River Rivers Navigation Resources Conservation bordering Illinois and Environmental Service programs. Sustainability Program. • Supervises the Marion, Illinois, • Works with federal Ecological Services Sub-Office • Partners with regulatory agencies federal, state, and local and partners to partners to protect identify, evaluate, and federally threatened eliminate environmental and endangered species. contaminant problems Examples: Working affecting fish and to recover the eastern wildlife. Example: Contact Information Project Leader: Richard C. Nelson 1511 47th Avenue, Moline, Illinois 61265 Phone: 309-757- 5800 ext. 201 FAX 309-757-5807 Email: email@example.com http://www.fws.gov/midwest/Rock- Island Directions • From I-74, take Exit 5 • At exit 5, take John Deer Road west to 16th Street • Turn left (south) on 16th Street • Turn right (west) on 47th Avenue. Office is on the right at the end of the street 21 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Marion Ecological Services Sub-Office Goals and Services with hunting, fishing, develop consistency Provided nature viewing and in the conservation other compatible and recovery of Objectives are to: activities. pallid sturgeon in the Mississippi River and • Apply Strategic • Work with partners Lower Missouri River. Habitat Conservation to protect and recover and Landscape Planning the endangered pallid • Provide expert Quick Facts principles to the sturgeon, least tern and technical assistance to protection, restoration Indiana bat. the U.S. Forest Service • Established in 1980 and enhancement of to conserve and protect fish and wildlife habitat • Provide expert endangered species • One permanent staff on the lower 300 miles technical assistance and migratory birds on of Upper Mississippi for restoration and the Shawnee National • Supervised by the Field River. management. Forest. Supervisor, Rock Island Field Office • Participate with the • Provide expertise in • Provide expert Middle Mississippi developing monitoring technical assistance River Partnership plans and proposals that to federal agencies to conserve fish and impact threatened and and private companies wildlife and their endangered species. seeking to develop habitats, as well as energy resources within promote economic • Coordination with the state of Illinois. development associated multiple entities to Contact Information Project Leader: Joyce A. 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In Pope Francis' brief homily for the inaugural Mass of his papal ministry, he emphasized something that should be familiar to American Catholics who have seen a certain motto sometimes displayed on police cars.
Brighter Light, cameras and action! "Jesus, Mary and Joseph" are on the altar of sacrifice and the world stage with Pope Francis. At the Vatican, the new pope will walk fervently in his simple shoes and enter humbly into the most mystical drama on earth, The Holy Mass.
However it came about, the Vatican is now ruled by a Jesuit pope committed to helping the powerless and the poor, and his election was apparently made possible by the downfall of the privileged and the greedy.
When the new pope supports the freedom and equality of all people regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity, and when he shows the world that he has the courage to expose and prosecute every child-raping priest in the Catholic Church, I'll have some respect for him.
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I am not a good Catholic. I have not been to confession for over 20 years. I don't go to mass and I don't give money to the church. More importantly,...
After having watched leaders in the United States who had good intentions, get lost on their intended way, I have five humble suggestions for this Pope and his team at the Vatican.
Underlying all the media focus on the cardinals' selection of a new pope, and the predictable focus on personality over meaning, was a much greater struggle between tradition and reform, conservatism and progress. That struggle mirrors politics in America and most western democracies.
Pope Francis refused to sit on the throne, preferring to stand with his flock. He will walk and lead with a new style of simplicity following the footsteps of his first love, Jesus Christ.
Let's suppose in Christianity, a leftist priest or pastor in the Revelation of St. John is told that the righteous sit at the Father's right and the left are condemned. For this reason, can you see the absurdity of this terminology, especially in the religious sphere?
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A former official of New York's Department of Housing Preservation and Development has pleaded guilty to taking bribes from developers.
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Comic Review: A Tale of Sand0
Comic Review: A Tale of Sand by Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl–illustrations by Ramon K. Perez
Review by Prof. Jenn
A Tale of Sand is a screenplay written by the late great Jim Henson, which never saw the light of movie day. It was written back in 1974, the heyday of Henson's immense creative output, and one can very much experience said creativity by reading A Tale of Sand. To have this surreal screenplay illustrated sketchbook style by an artist such as Perez only enhances the experience–I opine that this is better as a sketchbook-cum-comic than it would have been as a 1970s film.
The story follows Everyman Mac, who is on a quest for he knows not what (except that he really wants to light that last cigarette). He meets strange people and places as he crosses the desert, some of which are attempting to hinder him, not the least of which are the sinister Patch and mysterious Blonde. When Mac finally reaches the end of his journey, it's not at all what he (or the reader) imagines.
The illustrations are pleasingly sketchbook-like, some unfinished and some inked to perfection. It adheres well to the odd dreamlike quality of the adventure. There is plenty of backstory about the project in the forms of introductions and afterwords (though in the Afterword, we read about how the lettering was created and handled, and we see colorized, more finished versions of some of the pages–did I miss something in my Press version of the book?), which again gives us another window into the fertile mind that was Henson's oeuvre, including and beyond the brilliant Muppets.
Bottom Line: bar my confusion as to whether I've been given a different version, I still highly recommend A Tale of Sand.
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Comic Review X2: Edgar Allan Poe's Spirits of the Dead and Springheeled Jack
Reviews by: Prof. Jenn
Edgar Allan Poe's Spirits of the Dead by Richard Corben
The well-thought-out introduction to this collection states that Poe's oeuvre is one of the most frequently comic-ized bodies of literature around. The dark subject matter and often taut tension makes for a good image-to-text pairing, I would guess, and the mysterious nature of much of the subject matter lends well to the interstitial storytelling of comics. Being able to read between the frames is especially appropriate for the unhinged characters and strange plots of Poe.
If only this collection rose to the occasion.
What I liked:
- The androgynous, Faerie-ike narrator character, Mag, who looks as though she stepped right out of Brian Froud's Faeries, and who links all the stories together like a TV host.
- The brief, sometimes one-frame flashes of a dream-like world within a real one. It's an entertainingly jarring effect, like in films Natural Born Killers or Fight Club.
What I didn't like:
- The art is so grotesque as to be distracting to the storytelling. In a Poe collection the emphasis should be on a twisted dream world or world of madness, as graphically violent as the stories can sometimes get. The art doesn't evoke Poe, but goes beyond the grotesque into the just, well, gross.
- While I can appreciate that putting the Poe stories (and especially poems) into a different medium requires some adaptation, blatantly changing the endings to stories, or rewriting events is taking adaptation too far. The worst culprit of this treatment is "The Raven"–not only is it no longer in verse, but in brutal, sparse prose, with a completely different outcome to the climax of the narrative. What was a psychological thriller (with a verse rhythm well-suited to illustration) turns into a badly written gory slasher film.
Bottom Line: Unfortunately, I can't recommend Poe's Spirits of the Dead. It doesn't do Poe justice.
Springheeled Jack by David Hitchcock
It's not every day you see a black and white graphic novel, and it's rarer still when it is richer than many full color ones. Springheeled Jack is a masterful graphic novel which takes a real legend from Victorian England and spins explanations (and other literatures, characters, etc. from that era) into a compelling Twilight-Zone-like story.
This book won an Eagle Award for Favorite Black and White Comic, and it's easy to see why. The richness of the grayscale matches the London fog of the setting (and the morose mood of our protagonist) perfectly, and the detail in each panel is astounding. Those who like to read the fine print in their comics, both in words and in images, will enjoy savoring each page of this book, even as they can't wait to turn said pages, to see what will happen next.
The terror of Springheeled Jack was an unsolved mystery that pervaded the mid-1800s streets of London–what devil-like horror was it that killed and disappeared so many people? This story takes a plausibly creative sci-fi turn on the "true" events and also ends on an amorphous enough note that we can hope the story will continue.
Bottom Line: I highly recommend Springheeled Jack for comic lovers, steampunk aficionados, and anyone else who likes a thriller with sci fi flavors.
Comics Review: Crime Does Not Pay vol.80
Comics Review: Crime Does Not Pay vol. 8: ed. Philip R. Simon
Review by Prof. Jenn
The 8th volume of vintage comics, Crime Does Not Pay, is an entertaining collection of not only vintage true crime comic stories but a delightful and instructional collection of vintage ads as well. Remember when I reviewed volume 5? Well volume 8 is even more entertaining as well as historically educational.
The true crime stories in this volume are more gruesome than in volume 5, and more diverse, as we have female villains in this as well as your customary male '30s-'40s gangster types. The ghostly narrator character is back, celebrating his acolytes' descent into worse and worse malfeasance, until their comeuppance causes the repeated declaration, Crime Does Not Pay. The art is colorful and newspaper-y in style, and the ads are a continued delight in historical study and odd nostalgia, as are the letters to the editor. Two dollars for a published letter? Count me in…
Bottom Line: The Crime Does Not Pay series is a fun read and an excellent exercise in edutainment.
Comic Review: Steed and Mrs. Peel #30
Comic Review: Steed and Mrs. Peel–We're Needed #3 by Edginton, Cosentino, et. al.
Review by Prof. Jenn
In this, the concluding issue of the three-part "episode," Mrs. Peel comes to the rescue of Mr. Steed by encountering help of a surprising nature. Of course, just like the TV show, the bad guys get their comeuppance and the good guys prevail. Differently than the show, however, is the open-ended flavor of the ending, suggesting sequels to come.
The art is still consistently good, dark outlines and vivid color adding to the mod feel of the '60s show, and the flow of the panels show the action very well. The bizarre yet tight plot is well constructed in both the dialogue and the images, and overall this is a rollicking good tale suitable for inclusion In the best of the Steed/Peel TV eps.
Bottom Line: the third in this series is a high quality read. Highly recommended.
Comic Review: Steed and Mrs. Peel #20
Comic Review: Steed and Mrs. Peel–We're Needed #2 by Edginton, Cosentino, et. al
Review by: Prof. Jenn
We've come to the part in the story (from the old Avengers TV series) when our heroes Mr. Steed and Mrs. Peel are in such a pinch we can't imagine how they will get out of it. Mrs. Peel is interviewing sinister twin criminals and following up on her clues, and Steed is in a particularly precarious situation, vulnerable to the villain of the story. It's tense and investigatory, as a good Avengers episode should be.
The art continues to be consistently high quality (with an especially lovely cover painting of Mrs. Peel) and works well as storytelling. The characters look enough like Macnee and Rigg that we know who they are, but not so much like actor portraits that we are taken out of the fictional world.
Bottom Line: This is a great series and I can't wait to see what happens next.
Comic Review: Rocky and Bullwinkle vol. 20
Comic Review: Rocky and Bullwinkle vol. 2 by Al Kilgore, et al
Review by Prof. Jenn
Maybe the first volume was fresh and new to me and now the novelty has worn off? Maybe the stories collected in the first volume were actually better overall than the second? Maybe it's a matter of quantity getting in the way of quality as far as an enjoyment palette? In any case, volume 2 of the Rocky and Bullwinkle comics didn't delight as much as the first collection. Again, I can't blame it on the makers, I'm thinking it's a matter of overdose.
Don't get me wrong: I love these guys, and I love the authentic style of both the writing and the art. It's like watching a bunch of episodes. Maybe that's it–maybe seeing this many episodes in a row is too much.
Bottom line: This collection is honestly just great. If you have kids who are getting into the franchise, if you're a fan (or especially collector) yourself, this is a great collection to have. Either collection is a good collection for a coffee table or a bookshelf anyway, if I'm perfectly honest.
Comic Review: The Star Wars0
Comic Review: The Star Wars by Rinzler, Mayhew, et. al
Review by Prof. Jenn
So this is a comic trade that is based off of George Lucas' original-original rough draft of the screenplay for The Star Wars. That is, Star Wars before it got edited for quality and way before it got re-purposed for less quality and more busy unnecessary additions.
I have my opinions, more as a literature expert than an old-school Star Wars nerd, though I must confess I am equally both. It's important that Han shot first, but I can actually explain to you literarily why. The scene at the Millennium Falcon added in w/Jabba? Completely unnecessary. But I've got the literary chops to explain why, beyond my nerd rage.
Now, it seems that several geek-culture favorites these days tend to fall into the trap of the fan-service. The fan-service is the thing that happens in the story of a new episode of a thing that does nothing for the actual plot except show a thing that will make fans squee. See: the entire movie Phantom Menace. See also: the ending of Doctor Who episode "Deep Breath." (We can talk about this later if you like.)
This comic story is based on Star Wars before it was Star Wars: we've got snippets of images of all three of the older movies (Tatooine, betrayed youg'uns, snippets of Yavin and the Wookiees very similar to the Ewok uprising in RotJ, a Leia and, well, Annikin romance but he's really the Luke character in this story), some themes and dreary plot points from the newer movies (politics, trade embargoes, wily and lying politicians, overly ornate headgear for the Princess/Queen), and all the art smacks of the concept art all us Star Wars nerds know and love from the pen of Ralph McQuarrie. The oddly androgynous C-3PO, the Luke Starkiller with the buzzcut mullet, the green-skinned amphibious Han Solo, and the oddly bug-eyed Chewbacca all come from McQuarrie's illustrations we all know and love.
Thing is, when you read this, you can really appreciate the changes made to Episodes 4-6. You really can. You can appreciate the available charm of its characters, its streamlined Hero's Journey of an action-based plot, and its iconic tropes buffered to a new sheen. The story of this comic is tired, too complex, too wordy in ways no one speaks (okay well all the movies are like this too) and, well, basically, nothing really…happens.
What this is is fan service: for those of us who were obsessed with this epic series and who wanted more from the prequels, those of us who appreciated the streamlined storytelling before Lucas got the tech and was allowed to add in extraneous whatever-he-wanted, this is a window into the writing process and indeed the creative process itself.
It's interesting.
It's not a great comic.
Bottom line: I don't recommend this to anyone but the most completionist collector or the most die-hard Star Wars fan. It's a dreary, plodding, clunkily-drawn peek into an early draft of a movie series we're glad got edited from it. It's fun to see McQuarrie's creations in a sort of action, though.
Comic Review: Dark Engine0
Dark Engine by Ryan Burton and John Bivens is a new comic that plenty of my friends have been waiting on, and after reading it, I'm reasonably certain that no one has been or will be disappointed. First of all, the cover art is really nifty, portraying the focus of the comic, a girl who looks fierce and incredibly intimidating with a giant sword. I'm certainly not an artist, but I really like the style of art being shown in this comic. It's very otherworldly, and definitely helps to transport you into the chaos within the story.
From the beginning, this comic throws you into a world that is unlike anything that we are used to. There are a surplus of creatures that somehow fall between prehistoric and alien in appearance. We meet the girl from the cover rather quickly. As expected, she quickly starts slaughtering things, presumably because she's a total badass. Directly following this, we start to see some other new characters talking about the girl, who we now learn is called: Sym. There is talk of the magic and sacrifice used to create her, and we are informed that she has been made to kill some enemy.
It's divulged that she was fitted with some sort of engine (I'm assuming a Dark Engine, but that could just be me being presumptuous) by one of the characters. This character seems haunted by this engine, which we find out is being used to send Sym back in time in order for her to kill this enemy before they could ruin the world in the way that they did (which is only being expressed through the art at the moment). We learn that the engine is sending Sym into various periods of time until it can somehow right itself, and we're given a glimpse into the possibility that the engine might actually think for itself.
The comic ends with plenty of mystery after a character nonchalantly states that Sym will likely kill anything she comes in contact with across these time periods (and we actually see her brutally slaying something). Already, I want to know more about how Sym and how she was created. I'm definitely interested in learning about the inner workings of this engine, and what it is capable of. I also want to know exactly who this enemy is and what he used to destroy the world. Really, I just want to know more about everything, and I'm really hoping that the next one comes with a little insight into this interesting world.
So, uh, read this. It's a good one.
Daliya Risik
Comic Review: Steed and Mrs. Peel–We Are Needed0
Comic Review: Steed and Mrs. Peel: We Are Needed #1 by Edginton, Cosentino, et al Review by Prof. Jenn
Imagine my delight when I saw this title pop up on BOOM!'s forthcoming comics list! I didn't know they were making comic versions of this old favorite of mine! Now these, kids, are the real Avengers, as far as I'm concerned, and I had high standards going into this first issue. The TV show was a delicate combination of weirdly out-there almost sci-fi and taut spy thriller/detective procedural, which is a difficult balance to get right (*cough* the 1998 movie *cough*). This writer/artist combo has nailed it.
We begin issue #1 by seeing a murder, not knowing who is involved or why, only that there are dollhouses about. Then we are introduced to our two heroes the way every Steed/Peel episode did on TV: the phrase "Mrs. Peel, we are needed" revealed in a cute and clever way. The story in this first issue unfolds and by the time we get to the end of the issue we definitely are clamoring to see what will happen next. Which is the way the TV show was, too.
The art is colorful and rather "mod" in style, which is perfect for the setting and characters. As you've heard me say many times before when reviewing Doctor Who and Firefly comics, it's a special trick to comic-book-ize a live TV show, as you don't want to do just an actor portrait, but you don't want to draw the characters so unlike their actors that they are unrecognizable, either. This issue nails it, again.
Bottom Line: I highly recommend Steed and Mrs. Peel: We Are Needed (why aren't they calling it The Avengers? Copyright w/Marvel?) and can't wait for the next issue.
Comic Review: Serenity #60
Comic Review: Serenity, Leaves on the Wind #6 by Whedon, Jeanty, et. al
Review by Prof. Jenn
The Leaves on the Wind series concludes with this tying up of loose ends and opening up of new ones for, we can assume, the next phase of the story. The conclusions of Zoe's rescue and that of the Alliance-stolen-girls-a-la-River is actually pretty brief, truth be told. We had such build up of preparation in the previous issues that the culmination is just a little…well just a little disappointing, that's all. Though there is a new potential (major!) problem introduced at the end…
The story, beyond being a bit brief as I have mentioned, boasts the same familiar character quality I have admired about the previous issues, and the art has the same weakness of character portrayal I have mentioned in earlier reviews. This issue is no different, though it is nice to have a little more about our new fighter character and be introduced to yet another character who looks as though she'll be recurring at least, if not a major player in the battles to come.
Bottom Line: This issue is recommended, with the same caveats I detailed in the reviews of previous issues.


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The pub is only mins walk away from the train station and I was met there with a smile and shown the room. A cuppa tea was easy to make and very refreshing too. Although the bedroom is in a pub it is set at the back so it's not noisy even on a Friday night. It is clean and comfortable and perfect for a stay in Kilkenny as it is so close to everything. I did not meet Eamon so maybe next time I will. I would definetely return and recommend it to my friends too
Wonderful stay with Eamonn. Had a great time and will stay again.
This was the perfect place for after spending a month in hostels. The bed and pillows are super comfy and the shower is heaven! Host is really nice too. Would stay here again for sure!
Eammon is a really gently person and the room is perfect: bath, shower, television, confortable bed, 5 minutes walking to the city center!!
Great value with nice, friendly hosts, would recommend.
Great place to stay! Unfortunately I didnd't meet the owner, but I only stayed for 1 night. The guy who helped me was very friendly and even carried my bag! Great ambiance, location and service. The room was perfect too, own bathroom and a lovely small common kitchen.
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Didn't see any specs on range/endurance. Still I want one.
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Sure it's not as cool as a real jet or rocket but I want one.
Didn't see any specs on range/endurance. Still I want one.
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Stadtbahnwagen B
|Stadtbahnwagen B
First-generation vehicles from Cologne and Bonn
|Type and origin
|Power type
|DUEWAG, Siemens, Kiepe, Waggon Union
|Build date
|1973 – 1996
|Total produced
|UIC classification
Bo'2'Bo' (B80D)
|1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
|28.0 meters (91 ft 10.4 in)
|2.65 meters (8 ft 8.3 in)
|Locomotive weight
|39 t
|Electric system(s)
|Performance figures
|Maximum speed
|100 km/h (B100 models)
80 km/h (B80 models)
|Power output
|2×235 kW = 470 kW
The Stadtbahnwagen Typ B (translation Type "B" Light Rail Vehicle, short form B-Wagen) is a light rail vehicle used by several Stadtbahn networks in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was mainly developed by Düsseldorf-based DUEWAG, who also built the majoritiy of vehicles in a consortium with Siemens and Kiepe. A small series of ten units was built by Waggon Union in Berlin. As the type evolved over two decades of production, some vehicles have little more in common than their outer dimensions and the basic configuration of a two-part multiple unit on three bogies with both outer ones powered. For the Dortmund Stadbahn, some cars were modified with a central section and a fourth bogie. These vehicles are referred to a B8 (eight axles).
When the Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn network was planned in the early 1970s, standardised rolling stock was planned as well. At the same time, a second Stadtbahn network was planned for Cologne and Bonn. Because the future Cologne Stadtbahn already had one finished tunnel, that was built with the city's own money with streetcars in mind, the Stadtbahnwagen designed for the Rhine-Ruhr network was not suitable. So, another vehicle was designed for the Cologne/Bonn network, that was capable of driving though tighter curves. This vehicle, now referred to as Stadtbahnwagen Typ B was immediately ordered by transport authorities in Cologne and Bonn, while Rhine-Ruhr authorities remained hesitant about "their" vehicle, now renamed Stadtbahnwagen Typ A. Eventually it was decided that the type "A" LRV was too unwieldy and type "B" LRVs were ordered by Essen, Mülheim, Düsseldorf, Duisburg and Dortmund. The type "A" concept, which consists of close coupled two car sets, was shelved and later revived for the Stuttgart Stadtbahn.
The Typ B formed the basis for the British-built Metrocars on the Tyne and Wear Metro, which opened in 1980.
Different variants are usually referred to by a combination of their top speed and a letter denoting the engine type.
|100 km/h, Schützensteuerung (contactor control)
|80 km/h, Chopper control
|80 km/h, Drehstrommotoren (three-phase motors)
|100 km/h, Thyristor control