Nature
Using Laws and Public Opinion to Protect Nature
Principles of Better Development“Minnesota is rich with stream and river resources, that beyond economic utility, make up our living environment, delight our senses, and indeed, form and mold our culture.” -Tom Waters, The Streams and Rivers of Minnesota
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Land Use“Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.” -Edward Abbey, “Money, Et Cetera” in A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
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Open Space Protection“Woe to those who add house to house, who join field to field, until there is no more room and they are the sole inhabitants of the land.” -Isaiah 5:8
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Environmental Laws and Local Ordinances“Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources . . . for the greatest good of the greatest number for the longest time.” -Gifford Pinchot, Breaking New Ground
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Legal Actions Archive“Boundaries don’t protect rivers, people do.” -Brad Arrowsmith, landowner along the Niobrara National Scenic River, Nebraska
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Natural Resource Studies“When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.” -Benjamin Franklin
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Fieldwork“A river is the report card for its watershed.” -Alan Levere, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
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Water Quality“Can we afford clean water? Can we afford rivers and lakes and streams and oceans which continue to make possible life on this planet? . . . These questions answer themselves.” -Senator Ed Muskie of Maine, Arguing for passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972
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