Word: devoto
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bill to establish the "DeVoto Wildlife Sanctuary" on Hell's Half Acre, Cambridge's only remaining piece of open natural land, was filed in the Legislature last week...
...majority of the councilors, however, were unwilling to endorse her plan for a nature reservation to be named after the late author and naturalist, Bernard A. DeVoto '18, who studied the area. The motion to endorse Mrs. Cottrell's bill was sidetracked to the Committee on Roads and Bridges, headed by Alfred Vellucci...
...outflow from the pond to the Charles River was bridged yesterday to make it easier for conservationists to study the area, first brought to public attention by Bernard DeVoto '18 in an article in Harper's Magazine. The fence, extending across the dirt road which runs the length of the rectangular area, will keep out potential rubbish-dumpers and motorists...
...area, two-thirds of which is owned by the MDC and the other third by Cambridge, is the last unspoiled land in Cambridge. Mark DeVoto '61 and Richard Simmers '59 have made a catalogue of the wild life which is made up of both swamp and dry-land flora and fauna. It contains more than 100 species of higher plants, and over 40 types of birds have been seen in the area during the year...
Neuberger replied that DeVoto had willed his ashes be spread along the Lolo Trail in the Clearwater, since he had done so much research there on his edition of The Journals of Lewis and Clark. Off the floor, Neuberger called Dworshak's statement a "personal vendetta against him" rather than a rational discussion of the problem...