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Visits with the Amish
Who are the 'plain people', the men and women who till their fields with horse and plow, travel by horse and buggy, live without electricity and telephones, and practice 'help thy …
Wildland Sentinel
In America's Midwest, where 'wilderness' is in short supply, working to defend what's left of Iowa's natural resources can be both a daunting and an entertaining task. In Wildland …
Sky Dance of the Woodcock
Woodcock are one of the oddest birds in North America. They are a shorebird that got lost and ended up in the scrubby parts of the forest, and look like they were put together with …
Seasons of Plenty
This cookbook presents the rich cultural and culinary heritage of Iowa's Amana Colonies -- historically the Midwest's most successful Utopian community.More than a collection of …
The Guide to Iowa's State Preserves
The Iowa state preserves system was created in 1965; a decade later, thirty preserves had been dedicated, including ""six native prairies, a native White Pine stand, the state's …
Iowa's Changing Wildlife
Much has changed with Iowa’s wildlife in the years 1990 to 2020. Some species such as Canada goose, wild turkey, and white-tailed deer that once were rare in Iowa are now common, …
All Is Leaf
Drawing inspiration and urgency from the storied Goethe Oak tree at Buchenwald concentration camp—and from the leaf as symbol of all change, growth, and renewal—award-winning …
Hidden Prairie
Chris Helzer illustrates the beauty and diversity of prairie through an impressive series of photographs, all taken within the same square meter of prairie. During his year-long …
To Find a Pasqueflower
The tallgrass prairie once stretched from Indiana to Kansas to Minnesota. Most of this land is now growing corn and soybeans. In To Find a Pasqueflower, Greg Hoch shows us that the …
The Wapsipinicon Almanac
In 1988, Timothy Fay published the very first issue of the Wapsipinicon Almanac at his Route 3 Press in Anamosa, Iowa. Fay’s goal was to offer a journal somewhat outside of …
Where The Sky Began
Describing prairie restorations, this work provides an up-to-date directory of representative tallgrass prairies, prairie nurseries and seed sources.
Iowa's Remarkable Soils
Sometimes called 'black gold,' Iowa's deep, rich soils are a treasure that formed over thousands of years under the very best of the world's grasslands-the tallgrass prairie. The …