2022
Moshe Piltz was a junior majoring in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign during his time as an intern. He is now a benthic macroinvertebrate taxonomist with the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.
2020
Sabine Miller developed and carried out a protocol for assessing habitat characteristics, macroinvertebrates, and fish populations of Jordan Creek based on historical sampling events. She is now a first-year masters student in the Natural Resources and Environmental Science degree program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
2015-2019
No Award Distributed
2014
Josh Sherwood* – Benthic Habitat Mapping of the Vermilion River System (Wabash River Drainage).
2011-2013
No Award Distributed
2010
Claire Thomas – Scavenger or predator? Examining a potential predator–prey relationship between crayfish and benthic fish in stream food webs
Steven Zelski – Environmental sampling of aquatic fungi in Jordan Creek.
2009
2008
Yong Cao – “The changes of stream fish-community uniqueness over the past century in Champaign County and the long-term trend in Jordan Creek.”
Eden Effert – “The influence of riparian forest on community structure and stream metabolism in an agricultural watershed.”
2007
Mark Carter – “Effects of turbidity and cover on prey selection of smallmouth bass.”
2006
Matt Diana – “Morphological differences between bluegill populations in lotic and lentic systems.”
Maminirina Randrianandrasana – “Feeding habits in larval stages of Isoperla nana(Walsh) (Insecta: Plecoptera: Perlodidae) in Jordan Creek (Vermilion County, Illinois).”
Sandra Yi – “Parasite-host interactions between aquatic mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) and mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in urban and rural freshwater habitats.”
2005
Ann Readel – “Effect of habitat degradation on the health and conservation of painted turtles (Chrysemys picta) and slider turtles (Trachemys scripta).”
2004
Hope Dodd – “Evaluation of Newbury weirs (rock riffles) for improving habitat quality and biotic diversity in Illinois streams.”
2003
Ben Batten – “A study of the fishes of Saline Ditch, Champaign County, Illinois.”
Jeremy Tiemann – “Diel and longitudinal differences in habitat use by Noturusspecies.”