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Pearson, Arthur Melville.

Force of Nature : George Fell, Founder of the Natural Areas Movement. - Chicago : University of Wisconsin Press, 2017. - 1 online resource (215 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN: 9780299312336 029931233X

Subjects--Personal Names:
Fell, George B.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Nature Conservancy (U.S.)--History.
Natural Areas Association (U.S.)--History.
Illinois Nature Preserves Commission--History.
Natural Land Institute (Rockford, Ill.)--History.
Illinois Nature Preserves Commission
Natural Areas Association (U.S.)
Natural Land Institute (Rockford, Ill.)
Nature Conservancy (U.S.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Natural areas--History.--Illinois
Nature conservation--History.--Illinois
Conservationists--Illinois--Biography.
Natural areas--History.--United States
Nature conservation--History.--United States
Nature--Conservation--Histoire.--Illinois
Écologistes (Défenseurs de l'environnement)--Illinois--Biographies.
Réserves naturelles--Histoire.--États-Unis
Nature--Conservation--Histoire.--États-Unis
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Real Estate--General.
Conservationists
Natural areas
Nature conservation

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Illinois
United States

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographies
History

LC Class. No.: QH76

Dewey Class. No.: 333.7209773