
Prairie: A North American Guide
By Suzanne Winckler
Prairie: A North American Guide (University of Iowa Press, $16.95) provides a road map to 300 sites, including neglected fragments and breathtaking expanses. Winckler, who worked for the Conservancy in Nebraska from 1992 to 2002, describes the distinctive features of each site and includes information about resource management, as well as driving directions.
— Teresa Duran