Before joining the LEAM project, Chris was the Illinois Watershed Academy coordinator and webmaster with the Illinois Water Resources Center at the University of Illinois. At as research scientist with the Illinois is Natural History Survey, she developed and tested soil quality assessment procedures for Illinois Department of Natural Resources SoilWatch volunteer monitoring program.

Chris received a B.S. in Forest Science and an M.S. in Natural Resource Ecology from the University of Illinois. She is currently a Doctoral student at the University of Illinois.

Publications

Johns, C., and E. Zaborski, 1999. Ecological Monitoring for Illinois Soils, INHS Reports May-June, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign.

Johns, C., and E. Zaborski, 1999. Illinois SoilWatch Soil Monitoring Manual. Illinois Department of Natural Resources SoilWatch Monitoring Program.

Johns, C., and E. Zaborski, 1998. Illinois SoilWatch Soil Monitoring Manual. Illinois Department of Natural Resources SoilWatch Monitoring Program.

McDermaid, K.K., G.L. Rolfe, R.E. Warner, L. Guyon, L. Johns and G. Sebesta. 1997. Development of a conceptual framework for sustainable ecosystem-based management of floodplains along the Mississippi River. In Research on Agricultural Chemicals in Illinois Groundwater: Status and Future Directions VII. (Proceedings of Seventh Annual Conference). Carbondale, IL: Illinois Groundwater Consortium. pp. 56-79.