Central Iowa Sierra Program

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16
7:30 p.m.

The Emerald Horizon, The History of Nature in Iowa, by Connie Mutel

Ecologist Connie Mutel will give a presentation about her latest book, The
Emerald Horizon, The History of Nature in Iowa on Wednesday, April 16.  In
her book, she focuses on understanding today's natural environment by
understanding yesterday's changes-she recreates once-wild native communities
that existed prior to Euroamerican settlement and gives hope for the future.
Connie Mutel is the author of Fragile Giants: A Natural History of the Loess
Hills, and coauthor or coeditor of other natural history books.  She is the
historian and archivsit for IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering at the
University of Iowa college of Engineering.

Monthly programs of Central Iowa Sierra Group are held at Grace United
Methodist Church, located at 37th and Cottage Grove. Parking is located
behind the church--enter through the south double doors and the meeting is
in the lower east level of the church. E-mail [log in to unmask] or call
(515)223-5047.

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