The Restoring Ecological Health to Your Land Workbook

Turning ecological restoration from idea to action takes more than inspiration—it requires clear planning, organized tools, and confident decision-making. The Restoring Ecological Health to Your Land Workbook is designed to guide landowners, volunteers, and restoration practitioners through the often-complex process of restoring natural systems, even without a background in science. Built as a hands-on companion to the widely used guidebook, Restoring Ecological Health to Your Land, this workbook translates core concepts into actionable steps. Inside are customizable worksheets and templates that help users map out restoration goals, select plant materials and equipment, build project timelines, monitor progress, and estimate costs. The included spreadsheets and planning tools—also available online—allow you to tailor every phase of a project to your landscape, budget, and timeline. What sets this resource apart is how it bridges planning and practice. Readers move from broad ecological principles to the practical tasks of organizing work crews, tracking site changes, and refining techniques based on real results. Each form and checklist has been shaped by years of field use and teaching experience, giving users the clarity and structure needed to keep a project moving forward. With this workbook, restoration becomes less daunting—and more doable. Whether you're stewarding a prairie, forest, or wetland, it puts the framework in your hands to take the next step with confidence and purpose.