TY - BOOK AU - Pearson,Arthur Melville AU - Crane,Peter R. TI - Force of Nature: George Fell, Founder of the Natural Areas Movement SN - 9780299312336 AV - QH76 U1 - 333.7209773 PY - 2017/// CY - Madison PB - University of Wisconsin Press KW - Fell, George B KW - Nature Conservancy (U.S.)-History KW - Natural Areas Association (U.S.)-History KW - Illinois Nature Preserves Commission-History KW - Natural Land Institute (Rockford, Ill.)-History KW - Natural areas-Illinois-History KW - Nature conservation-Illinois-History KW - Conservationists-Illinois-Biography KW - Natural areas-United States-History KW - Nature conservation-United States-History KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4816056 ER -