In 1840, a young traveler named Eliza Steele ventured into Illinois and was dazzled by the tallgrass prairie near the city of Joliet. "A world of grass and flowers stretched around me," she exulted, "rising and falling in gentle undulations, as if an enchanter had struck the ocean swell, and it was at rest forever."

Since then, farming and development have nearly obliterated this unique ecosystem. Yet in one of the most compelling environmental success stories of the past 30 years, the Midwest has experienced a prairie renaissance--the widespread restoration of prairies and ...

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