Prologue from "The Emerald Horizon" by Cornelia Mutel (Just read the prologue): http://books.google.com/books?id=ssAtpg97VuAC&pg=PR15&lpg=PR15&dq=emerald+horizon+prologue&source=bl&ots=c6425yTNkZ&sig=z6Vzb_a_VLWkTWiJCVKK6NamTWg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ES9sUMGrEMi6yAHH-IGYDw&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=emerald%20horizon%20prologue&f=false

Prairie Problems in Polk County: http://www.iowaprairienetwork.org/issues/Loren%20Lown.htm

From Farmland to Wonderland: http://altoonaherald.desmoinesregister.com/article/20120912/LIFE/309120018/From-farmland-wonderland

Video: Ecological Restoration Using Grazers Overview http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/news/on-the-ground/grazing-browsing-and-conservation-partnerships-overview

Video: Ecological Restoration Using Grazers: Cattle http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/news/on-the-ground/grazing-browsing-and-conservation-partnerships-cattle

Video: Ecological Restoration Using Grazers: Goats http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/news/on-the-ground/grazing-browsing-and-conservation-partnerships-goats

Write a high quality paper, of several pages in length, that explains your understanding of the following questions:

1. How are the people at Chichaqua reconstructing ecosystems?  
2. Which ecosystems are being reconstructed? 
3. Why are they reconstructing ecosystems?
4. How does Mutel comment on the history of ecosystem removal?
5. What are the challenges to reconstructing ecosystems?

Make sure you cite your sources (use a short citation within your writing where ever you use some information from a source and have a longer citation for each source at the end - this should consist of the title of the source and a website linking directly to the source) – you should have at least 4 outside resources that you cite.