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search again Wednesday, November 04, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ryan Welch, outreach coordinator, UNI Tallgrass Prairie Center, (319) 273-3828, rwelch@uni.edu Rebecca Schultze, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-6728, rebecca.schultze@uni.edu UNI's Tallgrass Prairie Center and CEEE present Emerald Horizons: Sustainability and Nature in Iowa CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Emerald Horizons: Sustainability and Nature in Iowa will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19. The presentation, hosted by the University of Northern Iowa's Tallgrass Prairie Center and Center for Energy and Environmental Education (CEEE), will be in the CEEE auditorium, room 11. Connie Mutel, historian and archivist of the Iowa Institute for Hydraulic Engineering at the University of Iowa, will discuss the transformation of Iowa's extensive tallgrass prairie into cropland, the results of this conversion, and suggestions to reverse the negative effects. Mutel will explore how Iowa can move toward sustainability by nurturing biodiversity and natural ecological goods and services. Mutel, author of the recently published "The Emerald Horizon: The History of Nature in Iowa," "Fragile Giants," "The Tallgrass Restoration Handbook," and soon-to-be-published "A Watershed Year," is committed to protecting and restoring Iowa's natural features. "The Emerald Horizon" will be available for sale and signing by the author after the presentation. The event is free and open to the public. For more information contact Ryan Welch, outreach coordinator for the Tallgrass Prairie Center, at (319) 273 3828 or rwelch@uni.edu. ### Search Again Latest News Releases / News Briefs Search News by Dates: January February March April May June July August September October November December 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 -- November January February March April May June July August September October November December 2009 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Search News by Keywords: Maintained by The Office of Marketing and Public Relations