Connie Mutel

The University of Iowa Press published Connie Mutel’s (MBio’73) latest book, Tending Iowa’s Land: Pathways to a Sustainable Future. This book explores the benefits and challenges that have come from the transformation of Iowa’s prairies and other wildlands into vast agricultural fields. In a straightforward and friendly style, Iowa’s premier scientists and experts consider what has happened to their land and outline viable solutions that benefit agriculture and the state’s human and wild residents. Connie is the former senior science writer at IIHR — Hydroscience & Engineering at the University of Iowa College of Engineering. She lives in Iowa City, Iowa.