To Find a Pasqueflower: A Story of the Tallgrass Prairie (Bur Oak Book)

by: Greg Hoch (Author)

Publisher: University Of Iowa Press

Publication Date: 2022/5/24

Language: English

Print Length: 288 pages

ISBN-10: 1609388259

ISBN-13: 9781609388256

Book Description

The tallgrass prairie once stretched from Indiana to Kansas to Minnesota. Most of this land is now growing co and soybeans. In To Find a Pasqueflower, Greg Hoch shows us that the tallgrass prairie is the most endangered ecosystem on the continent, but it’s also an ecosystem that people can play an active role in restoring.  Hoch blends history, culture, and science into a unified narrative of the tallgrass prairie, with an emphasis on humans’ participation in its development and destruction. Hoch also demonstrates how variable and dynamic the prairie is, creating both challenges and opportunities for those who manage and restore and appreciate it.

About the Author

The tallgrass prairie once stretched from Indiana to Kansas to Minnesota. Most of this land is now growing co and soybeans. In To Find a Pasqueflower, Greg Hoch shows us that the tallgrass prairie is the most endangered ecosystem on the continent, but it’s also an ecosystem that people can play an active role in restoring.  Hoch blends history, culture, and science into a unified narrative of the tallgrass prairie, with an emphasis on humans’ participation in its development and destruction. Hoch also demonstrates how variable and dynamic the prairie is, creating both challenges and opportunities for those who manage and restore and appreciate it.