Saving Point Reyes : how an epic conservation victory became a tipping point for environmental policy action /
"Point Reyes National Seashore is not only a notable piece of land-the first large national park created from all private lands and the first large park adjacent a large metropolitan center-but the fight in the 1960s to save this fragile ecosystem was a key turning point in the environmental mo...
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| Language: | English |
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Lawrence, Kansas :
University Press of Kansas,
[2023]
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| Series: | Environment and society (University Press of Kansas)
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: saving the "Island in Time"
- The land and people of Point Reyes
- Point Reyes and the origins of the conservation movement
- Mr. Miller goes to Washington : the fight for Point Reyes
- The battle that had to be won twice
- Who saved Point Reyes?
- What happened next : Point Reyes and environmental politics
- Lessons learned : Point Reyes and future policy challenges
- Timeline
- Key participants
- Appendix: Key documents related to the creation of PRNS.