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Urban Biotic Assessment Program (UBAP)

Urban Biotic Assessment Program (UBAP)

  • News
  • PACE Lab
  • Staff
  • Publications
  • Project Map
    • Elgin O’Hare Western Access – I-390
    • Veterans Memorial Tollway – I-355
      • I-355 Pre-construction
      • I-355 During construction
      • I-355 Post-construction
    • Jane Addams Memorial Tollway – I-90
      • I-90 Pre-construction
      • I-90 Post-construction
      • Trout Park
    • Ronald Reagan Tollway – I-88
    • Tri-State Tollway – I-294, I-94, and I-80
      • Bird Migration Through Forest Preserves
      • 294 Stream Surveys
  • Research
    • Mussels
      • Kishwaukee River Mussels
    • Fish
      • Iowa Darter
    • Aquatic Macroinvertebrates
      • Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly
    • Birds
      • Bird Migration Through Forest Preserves
    • Mammals
    • Reptiles and Amphibians
      • Blanding’s Turtle
      • Eastern Massasauga
      • Carp Barrier
    • Botanical Research
      • White Cedar
    • Mitigation
      • North Chicago Wetland
        • Aquatic Invertebrates at North Chicago Wetland
        • Bats at North Chicago Wetland
        • Birds at North Chicago Wetland
        • Plants at North Chicago Wetland
        • Amphibians and Reptiles at North Chicago Wetland
      • Bioswales

Publications

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RSS PACE Lab News

  • Saving the Harlequin Mantella
    PACE Lab graduate student Devin Edmonds has been working to save one of the most threatened amphibian species in Madagascar. Listen to an interview he did with Amphibiacast about Mantella frogs, his time working in Madagascar, and his graduate research to conserve the Harlequin Mantella. A new conservation action plan will be released in the […]
  • Behind the Scenes: Finding one elusive bird
    UBAP Ornithologist Asya Rahlin is conducting research on cryptic wetland birds utilizing eDNA. Join her as she recounts a hot, sticky day collecting samples at Volo Bog. Read her Behind the Scenes  
  • Behind the Scenes: Unearthing a fossorial snake
    Graduate Student Tyler Stewart takes you on along on a search for the Kirtland’s Snake, Clonophis kirtlandii. Read his story
  • Behind the Scenes – Gathering data to save a rare turtle
    PACE Lab herpetologists Andrea Colton and Emily Sunnucks wrote about their experiences continuing our research into the endangered Blanding’s Turtle in northeastern Illinois. Read about a day in their life in “Behind the Scenes”  
  • Bumblebees bring excitement
    PACE Lab graduate student Alma Schrage is surveying sites in northeastern Illinois for the Federally endangered Rusty Patched Bumblebee, including sites that have been restored by the Illinois Tollway. Schrage was recently interviewed by the Chicago Tribune about the work. Read the full story here
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