Seeking the Greatest Good : The Conservation Legacy of Gifford Pinchot.

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Miller, Char

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780822979210

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Seeking the Greatest GoodDDC classification:

333.72

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QH76

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Contents:

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- A Living Memorial -- Chapter One. This Old House -- Chapter Two. September 24, 1963 -- Chapter Three. Home Grounds -- Chapter Four. The Inseparable World -- Chapter Five. Under Fire -- Chapter Six. Greening the Presidency -- Institutional Change -- Chapter Seven. Conservation Education -- Chapter Eight. Branching Out -- Chapter Nine. Turning a White Elephant Gold -- Chapter Ten. Neutral Force -- Chapter Eleven. Common Cause -- Chapter Twelve. Looking Forward -- Notes -- Index.

Summary: Char Miller chronicles the history of the Pinchot Institute for Conservation Studies and describes its iconic national historic site, Grey Towers, offered by Pinchot's family as a lasting gift to the American people. As a union of the United States Forest Service and the Conservation Foundation, the institute was created to formulate policy and develop conservation education programs. Miller explores the institute's unique fusion of policy makers, scientists, politicians, and activists and their efforts to increase our understanding of and responses to urban and rural forestry, water quality, soil erosion, air pollution, endangered species, land management and planning, and hydraulic fracking.

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Char Miller chronicles the history of the Pinchot Institute for Conservation Studies and describes its iconic national historic site, Grey Towers, offered by Pinchot's family as a lasting gift to the American people. As a union of the United States Forest Service and the Conservation Foundation, the institute was created to formulate policy and develop conservation education programs. Miller explores the institute's unique fusion of policy makers, scientists, politicians, and activists and their efforts to increase our understanding of and responses to urban and rural forestry, water quality, soil erosion, air pollution, endangered species, land management and planning, and hydraulic fracking.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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