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ISBN
0299312305
EAN
9780299312305
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Force of Nature: George Fell, Founder of the Natural Areas Mov...
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Pearson, Arthur Melville
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Book Title
Force of Nature : George Fell, Founder of The Natural Areas Movement
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Item Length
9 in
Publication Year
2017
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.7 in
Author
Arthur Melville Pearson
Genre
Nature, Biography & Autobiography
Topic
Environmental Conservation & Protection, Ecosystems & Habitats / General, General, Environmentalists & Naturalists
Item Weight
15.5 Oz
Item Width
6 in
Number of Pages
208 Pages
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Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN-10
0299312305
ISBN-13
9780299312305
eBay Product ID (ePID)
234283632

Product Key Features

Book Title
Force of Nature : George Fell, Founder of The Natural Areas Movement
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Topic
Environmental Conservation & Protection, Ecosystems & Habitats / General, General, Environmentalists & Naturalists
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Biography & Autobiography
Author
Arthur Melville Pearson
Format
Hardcover

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Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
15.5 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

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Trade
LCCN
2016-041570
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
George Fell sparred with fellow naturalists and politicians to bring into being organizations that are models for today's worldwide conservation efforts. Pearson documents this extraordinary life with a wide range of sources, including interviews over tw|9780299312305|, "The inspiring story of the innovative conservation institutions and legislation instigated by George Fell and his wife, Barbara, highlighted by the Nature Conservancy, arguably the largest environmental organization in the world." --Stephen Laubach, author of Living a Land Ethic, "George Fell sparred with fellow naturalists and politicians to bring into being organizations that are models for today's worldwide conservation efforts. Pearson documents this extraordinary life with a wide range of sources, including interviews over two decades with both Fell's partners and his doubters." --James Ballowe,author of A Man of Salt and Tree, "The inspiring story of the innovative conservation institutions and legislation instigated by George Fell and his wife, Barbara, highlighted by the Nature Conservancy, arguably the largest environmental organization in the world." --Stephen Laubach,author of Living a Land Ethic, "George Fell sparred with fellow naturalists and politicians to bring into being organizations that are models for today's worldwide conservation efforts. Pearson documents this extraordinary life with a wide range of sources, including interviews over two decades with both Fell's partners and his doubters." --James Ballowe, author of A Man of Salt and Tree
Dewey Decimal
333.7209773
Table Of Content
List of Illustrations Foreword Peter R. Crane Acknowledgments Chronology Prologue 1 From the Bend of a Beautiful River to the Alcatraz of Conscientious Objector Camps 2 Threatened Lands, Living Museums 3 The Nature Conservancy: Setting Up the Necessary Structure Ourselves 4 The Illinois Nature Preserves Act: If at First You Don't Succeed . . . 5 The Illinois Nature Preserves Commission: Where Once We Were Opportunists 6 Sowing More Acorns, Fighting More Battles Epilogue Notes Index
Synopsis
Efforts to preserve wild places in the United States began with the allure of scenic grandeur: Yosemite, Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon. But what about the many significant natural sites too small or fragile to qualify as state or federal parks? George Fell was determined to save these places, too-prairie remnants, upland forests, sedge meadows and fens, ocean beaches, desert canyons, mountain creeks, bogs, caves and gorges, and the full spectrum of other habitats essential to biological diversity. Force of Nature reveals how a failed civil servant, with few assets apart from his tenacity and vision, initiated the natural areas movement. In the boom years following World War II, as undeveloped lands were being mined, drained, or bulldozed, Fell transformed a loose band of ecologists into The Nature Conservancy, drove the passage of the influential Illinois Nature Preserves Act, and helped spark allied local and national conservation organizations in the United States and beyond., Efforts to preserve wild places in the United States began with the allure of scenic grandeur: Yosemite, Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon. But what about the many significant natural sites too small or fragile to qualify as state or federal parks? George Fell was determined to save these places, too--prairie remnants, upland forests, sedge meadows and fens, ocean beaches, desert canyons, mountain creeks, bogs, caves and gorges, and the full spectrum of other habitats essential to biological diversity. Force of Nature reveals how a failed civil servant, with few assets apart from his tenacity and vision, initiated the natural areas movement. In the boom years following World War II, as undeveloped lands were being mined, drained, or bulldozed, Fell transformed a loose band of ecologists into The Nature Conservancy, drove the passage of the influential Illinois Nature Preserves Act, and helped spark allied local and national conservation organizations in the United States and beyond., Spurred by the accelerating destruction of remnant natural lands, one man had the vision and tenacity to transform a loose band of ecologists into The Nature Conservancy and launch the entire natural areas movement.
LC Classification Number
QH76.5.I5P43 2017

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