Bøger af Cornelia F. Mutel

2023 Midwest Book Awards in Nonfiction - Nature, winner In a straightforward, friendly style, Iowa's premier scientists and experts consider what has happened to our land and outline viable solutions that benefit agriculture as well as the state's human and wild residents.

Despite the urbanization of the United States, the rural population exceeds 60 million, and the provision of health services to these people remains a difficult problem. Medicaid finances health services for the rural poor far more effectively than the purely local welfare programs of 1930.

Summarizing the geological, archaeological, and ecological features that shaped Iowa's modern landscape, this book recreates the once-wild native communities that existed prior to Euroamerican settlement. It examines the dramatic changes that overtook native plant and animal communities as Iowa's prairies, woodlands, and wetlands were transformed.

A hands-on manual that provides a detailed account of the art and science of prairie restoration, and the application of that knowledge to restoration projects throughout the world. This book explores restoration philosophies and techniques, and is a useful resource for those working to nurture landscapes back to a state of health.