Force of Nature : George Fell, Founder of the Natural Areas Movement.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (215 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword by 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 Natural Areas Preservation 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.
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Fell, George B. Nature Conservancy (U.S.)-History. Natural Areas Association (U.S.)-History. Illinois Nature Preserves Commission-History. Natural Land Institute (Rockford, Ill.)-History. Natural areas-Illinois-History. Nature conservation-Illinois-History. Conservationists-Illinois-Biography. Natural areas-United States-History. Nature conservation-United States-History.