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04598aam a2200565 i 4500 001 D8E416D6291411E989B08DF896128E48 003 SILO 005 20190205010219 008 180215t20182018mnua b s001 0aeng 010 $a 2017056064 020 $a 0816678812 020 $a 9780816678815 035 $a (OCoLC)1007306298 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d IUL $d OCLCA $d DUD $d MSL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $a nl----- $a n-cn-on $a n-us--- 050 00 $a GE56.M47 $b A3 2018 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Merritt, Grant J., $d 1934- $e author. 245 10 $a Iron and water : $b my life protecting Minnesota's environment / $c Grant J. Merritt. 264 1 $a Minneapolis, MN : $b University of Minnesota Press, $c [2018] 300 $a xi, 198 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 21 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The Merrit family and the Mesabi Iron Range. The Mesabi Iron Range -- The Merrits build into Duluth -- "What Rockefeller did to us" -- My early years in Duluth -- Entering politics in the sixties -- Environmentalism and the Reserve Mining controversy. What is being dumped into Lake Superior? -- The Stoddard report -- An old fashioned with Robert Traver -- The first Earth Day -- Minnesota DFL politics -- The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency -- Taconite tailings -- Establishing environmental policies -- I'm in trouble with my old law firm -- Reserve Mining and asbestos -- The Minnesota experimental city -- We defeat Reserve Mining and save Lake Superior -- Citizen activist. From public servant to private practice -- Battling for the environment in the suburbs -- Fighting a virus in Lake Superior -- Parks and trails -- Recognizing progress - and staying alert -- A lifetime of change on Isle Royale. 520 $a iron deposits on the Mesabi Range and the fight to save Lake Superior and Minnesota's natural riches, Iron and Water reveals how, whether alone or together, individuals wield the power to change the world."--Amazon.com. $a ntrigues of business partnerships gone bad and attempts by John D. Rockefeller to defraud the Merritts. What follows is an engrossing account of Grant Merritt's years in the halls of state politics and the trenches of environmental activism in defense of Minnesota's North Shore and Lake Superior's waters. The author's tenure as head of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency under Governor Wendell Anderson and his service on the first board of the Minnesota Environmental Quality Council take us behind the scenes of landmark legal cases and crucial moments in Minnesota history--particularly the notable Reserve Mining case, in which the company was found liable for serious environmental and health threats on the shores of Lake Superior and ordered to be shut down. In these pages we encounter the people who were critical to this history, from robber baron Rockefeller to judges, activists, and politicians, including Walter Mondale and Jim Oberstar. In chronicling both the discovery of vast $a iron deposits on the Mesabi Range and the fight to save Lake Superior and Minnesota's natural riches, Iron and Water reveals how, whether alone or together, individuals wield the power to change the world."--Amazon.com. 600 10 $a Merritt, Grant J., $d 1934- 650 0 $a Environmentalists $z Minnesota $v Biography. 650 0 $a Environmental policy $z Minnesota. 650 0 $a Environmental protection $z Minnesota. 650 0 $a Natural resources $x Government policy $z Minnesota. 650 0 $a Iron ores $z Mesabi Range $z Mesabi Range $x History. 651 0 $a Superior, Lake $x History. 651 0 $a Minnesota $x Environmental conditions. 650 7 $a Ecology $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00901476 650 7 $a Environmental policy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00913250 650 7 $a Environmental protection. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00913324 650 7 $a Environmentalists. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00913554 650 7 $a Iron ores. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00979303 650 7 $a Natural resources $x Government policy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01034422 651 7 $a Lake Superior. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01245983 651 7 $a Minnesota. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204560 651 7 $a Minnesota $z Mesabi Range $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01239859 651 4 $a Duluth (Minn.) $x Authors. 651 4 $a Minnesota $x Natural resources. 655 7 $a Biography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423686 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20190205031951.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D8E416D6291411E989B08DF896128E48 994 $a Z0 $b NIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search