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02799aam a2200421 i 4500 001 EDFDCA66B05F11EA86A2D96D97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200617010021 008 190906s2020 gau s000 0 eng 010 $a 2019040201 020 $a 0820356735 020 $a 9780820356730 035 $a (OCoLC)1119122701 040 $a NcU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d YDX $d BDX $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ga 050 00 $a QH76.5.G4 $b H37 2020 100 1 $a Harris, Reid W., $e author. 245 10 $a And the coastlands wait : $b how the grassroots battle to save Georgia's marshlands was fought -- and won / $c Reid W. Harris ; with a foreword by Jimmy Carter and a new afterword by Charles H. McMillan III. 264 1 $a Athens : $b The University of Georgia Press, $c [2020] 300 $a xix, 106 pages ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Wormsloe Foundation nature book 500 $a "This work was originally self-published in 2008 by Reid W. Harris"--ECIP PDF view. 520 $a "A broad-based coalition of conservative southern politicians, countercultural activists, environmental scientists, sportsmen, devout Christians, garden clubs in Atlanta, and others came together to push the Coastal Marshland Protection Act of 1970 through the Georgia state legislature. The law was on a first-in-the-nation bill to save the marshes of the state from mining and aggressive development and was a political watershed which reflected the changing nature of the state and set a foundation that would lead to the thoughtful use of the state's coastal resources still relevant today. Led by St. Simons lawyer, Reid Harris, the coalition backed an act that set up a permitting process to control development and protect 500,000 acres of marshland. That coalition did not survive for long. It was a magical moment in the history of conservation, when allies as diverse as deeply conservative Governor Lester Maddox and an Atlanta hippie stood together"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Marshes $x History $z Georgia $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Wetlands $x History $z Georgia $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Wetland conservation $x History $z Georgia $x History $y 20th century. 650 7 $a Wetland conservation $x Law and legislation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01174144 650 7 $a Wetlands $x Protection. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01174213 651 7 $a Georgia. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204622 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 700 1 $a Carter, Jimmy, $d 1924- $e writer of foreword. 700 1 $a McMillan, Charles H., $c III, $e writer of afterword. 830 0 $a Wormsloe Foundation nature book. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20210721013631.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EDFDCA66B05F11EA86A2D96D97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search