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Conserving the Commonwealth: The Early Years of the Environmental Movement in Virginia
Peters, Margaret T.. Ed(S): Hass, Patricia Cecil
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Description for Conserving the Commonwealth: The Early Years of the Environmental Movement in Virginia
hardcover. Describes the earliest days of Virginia's environmental movement, recounting the efforts of a farsighted group of leaders to preserve Virginia's priceless resources - open land, waterways, and historic sites - and to create new parks within reach of all the state's citizens. Editor(s): Hass, Patricia Cecil. Num Pages: 144 pages, 17 b&w illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; RNK; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Conserving the Commonwealth is the book that anyone interested in conservation and environmental issues has been waiting for. This history describes the earliest days of Virginia's environmental movement, recounting the efforts of a farsighted group of leaders to preserve Virginia's priceless resources - open land, waterways, and historic sites - and to create new parks within reach of all the state's citizens.In 1965, Governor Albertis Harrison selected State Senator FitzGerald Bemiss to chair a commission - the Virginia Outdoor Recreation Study Commission - to make recommendations for improving the state's outdoor recreation facilities. Inspired by Bemiss' leadership and a newly ... Read more
Conserving the Commonwealth is the book that anyone interested in conservation and environmental issues has been waiting for. This history describes the earliest days of Virginia's environmental movement, recounting the efforts of a farsighted group of leaders to preserve Virginia's priceless resources - open land, waterways, and historic sites - and to create new parks within reach of all the state's citizens.In 1965, Governor Albertis Harrison selected State Senator FitzGerald Bemiss to chair a commission - the Virginia Outdoor Recreation Study Commission - to make recommendations for improving the state's outdoor recreation facilities. Inspired by Bemiss' leadership and a newly ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813927732
SKU
V9780813927732
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About Peters, Margaret T.. Ed(S): Hass, Patricia Cecil
Margaret T. Peters was a historian and publication manager at the Virginia Department of Historic Resources from 1968 to 2002. She is the author of Richmond Department of Public Utilities: 175 Years of Service and coauthor (with husband John O. Peters) of Virginia's Historic Courthouses. Patricia Hass is an editor at large for Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Her ... Read more
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