Word: verplanck
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...becoming aware that nature nuts, bird watchers (as private interests call them) and conservationists may be fighting not only for the survival of the shad, the blue heron and the osprey, but for the survival of the human species. Boyle tells the story of 19th century Naturalist Verplanck Colvin who gave his life struggling to create what eventually became Adirondack State Park. The story-and this book-are a reminder that while Americans were busy getting and spending, much of the country was preserved for them by fond zealots and near madmen...