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Saved in Time : The Fight to Establish Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado by Herbert W. Meyer and Estella B. Leopold (2012, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of New Mexico Press
ISBN-100826352367
ISBN-139780826352361
eBay Product ID (ePID)117350988
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Book TitleSaved in Time : the Fight to Establish Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado
Number of Pages176 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2012
TopicUnited States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Environmental Conservation & Protection, Natural Resources, Fossils
IllustratorYes
GenreNature, Law, History
AuthorHerbert W. Meyer, Estella B. Leopold
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight9.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2012-019472
Reviews"A welcome account of an example of how the environmental movement gained legs and used the courts to convert abstract ethics into physical places for us to study and preserve this unique page of earth history." -- Annals of Wyoming
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal333.78/30978858
SynopsisIn the summer of 1969, a federal district court in Denver, Colorado, heard arguments in one of the nation's first explicitly environmental cases, in which the Defenders of Florissant, Inc. opposed real estate interests intent on developing lands containing an extraordinary set of ancient fossils. This book, the first account of the fight to preserve the Florissant fossil beds, tells a story of environmental activism that remains little known more than forty years after the coalition's victory. The principal author, Estella Leopold, was a major participant in the process., In the summer of 1969, a federal district court in Denver, Colorado, heard arguments in one of the nation's first explicitly environmental cases, in which the Defenders of Florissant, Inc. opposed real estate interests intent on developing lands containing an extraordinary set of ancient fossils. This book, the first account of the fight to preserve the Florissant fossil beds, tells a story of environmental activism that remains little known more than forty years after the coalition's victory.
LC Classification NumberQE747.C6L46 2012
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