Resources

The following publications of the Center for Prairie Studies are available free of charge at the Center, the Grinnell College Bookstore, Stewart Library, and the Grinnell Chamber of Commerce, or online by clicking on the following links:

Guide to Prairie Sites Near Grinnell, Iowa is a publication describing the 51 prairie remnants, restorations and reconstructions near Grinnell. Accompanying the description are directions to each of the prairie sites.

Directory of Grinnell Area Food Producers Who Market Locally is intended to promote a local food system. It provides a listing of area producers and the food they market locally as well as a listing of regional farmer's markets.

Beginner's Field Guide to Grinnell and Its Environs provides information on many aspects of Grinnell. The booklet includes history of Grinnell, architectural highlights, information about Iowa agriculture, and things to see and do.

Our Trees, A Guide to Trees in Grinnell is an updated and annotated edition of Henry S. Conard's Our Trees published in 1927.

The Center collaborated in the publication of :
Roots of Renewal: An Exhibition and Community Partnership (2003).
Picturing Grinnell: A Look at an Iowa Town in Its 150th Year (2004).

Copies of these publications can be obtained by contacting the Center at (641)-269-4720 or by e-mailing us at prairie@grinnell.edu.

View a Power Point Presentation on Prescribed Burning for CERA Volunteers.