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PublisherUniversity of Wisconsin Press

ISBN-100299312305

ISBN-139780299312305

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Book TitleForce of Nature : George Fell, Founder of The Natural Areas Movement

Number of Pages208 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2017

TopicEnvironmental Conservation & Protection, Ecosystems & Habitats / General, General, Environmentalists & Naturalists

IllustratorYes

GenreNature, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorArthur Melville Pearson

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight15.5 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2016-041570

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsGeorge 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 Decimal333.7209773

Table Of ContentList 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

SynopsisEfforts 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 NumberQH76.5.I5P43 2017