Steven I. Apfelbaum, MS , is the founder of Applied Ecological Services, Inc., a full-service environmental consulting and ecological restoration company with ten offices in the United States and two abroad. He has published an award-winning book titled Nature’s Second Chance: Restoring the Ecology of Stone Prairie Farm (Beacon Press, 2009) as well as, along with coauthor Alan Haney, two volumes in The Science and Practice of Ecological Restoration Series titled Restoring Ecological Health to Your Land and The Restoring Ecological Health to Your Land Workbook (Island Press, 2010 and 2011).