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...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...
While most of the rest of Congress was concerning itself with defense, foreign aid, and civil rights, one Senator launched a vehement single-handed campaign to prevent the renaming of the Clearwater National Forest to honor the late Bernard DeVoto. To be sure, there were many other instances of Congressional inanity (the House changed the name of its custodians to "maintenance superintendents") but this spiteful action prevented honoring a man who well deserved the memorial...
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...
...Cambridge can save it from the MDC, Mrs. Wise hopes that the city will make Hell's Half Acre into a wildlife refuge to be called the DeVoto Nature Reservation