Ruin and Recovery Michigan's Rise As a Conservation Leader

Name: Ruin and Recovery Michigan's Rise As a Conservation Leader
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ISBN: 9780472067794

ISBN-10: 0472067796

ISBN-13: 9780472067794

Edition: 2001

Authors: Dave Dempsey, William Milliken

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Ruin and Recovery tells the story of Michigan's cycles of resource exploitation and conservation from the early days of statehood in 1837 to the present day. Drawing from a large number of resources, including archival records and reminiscences, official documents and individual interviews, Ruin and Recovery charts the development of a conservation ethic in Michigan and chronicles the major battles for environmental protection since the late 1800s. Michigan has faced two turning points in its conservation history. One came at the end of the nineteenth century when its logging era ended, only to be followed by raging forest fires that left millions of acres of land denuded. Ruin and…

Book details

List price: $20.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 6/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English

Dave Dempsey is Policy Director of the Michigan Environmental Council, a statewide environmental coalition.



Prologue



A Delightful Prospect



Exploiting Inexhaustible Resources



The Dawn of Michigan Conservation: Sportsmen Lead the Way



Renewing the Forests



The Public Health Roots of Environmental Protection



The Crusade to Free Conservation from Politics



The Lady of the Parks



The Builders



Forced to be First: Banning the "Hard Pesticides"



Reclaiming the Tainted Wonderland



The Age of Action



Saving Places



Chemical Wastelands



The Heart of an Ecosystem



The Third Wave


Epilogue


Notes


Index