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The Prairie Builders: Reconstructing America's Lost Grasslands
72 pp.
| Houghton |
May, 2005 |
TradeISBN 0-618-39687-X$17.00
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4-6Scientists in the Field series.
Collard traces the decades-long development and monitoring of the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa, an ambitious attempt to reclaim farmland and return it to the tallgrass prairie it once was. Excellent photographs prominently feature scientists at work (predominantly women and people of color in scientific roles) as well as the sweeping vistas of the midsummer prairie. Reading list. Glos., ind.
Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2005