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Alice D'Alessio

Alice D'Alessio is the author of Tending the Valley: A Prairie Restoration Odyssey, which chronicles her and her husband's twenty-five-year quest to return 115 acres of land in Wisconsin's unglaciated Driftless Area to its natural prairie state. After retiring from corporate and nonprofit communications positions, she began writing poetry and has published four books. "A Blessing of Trees" was awarded the Posner Prize from the Council for Wisconsin Writers, and "Days We Are Given" won first place in an Earth's Daughters chapbook contest.

Topics:

• Environment and Nature
• Prairie Restoration

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