And the Coastlands Wait - How the Grassroots Battle to Save Georgia's Marshlands Was Fought-and Won (Paperback)

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 Marshlands Protection Act of 1970 through the Georgia state legislature. The law was a first-in-the-nation bill to save the marshes of a state from mining and aggressive development and was a political watershed that reflected the changing nature of the state. It set a foundation that would lead to the thoughtful use of the state's coastal resources still relevant today. And the Coastlands Wait is the history of this legislative act, as told by St. Simons lawyer and leader of the coalition, Reid Harris. Harris served as head of the environmental section of Governor Jimmy Carter's Goals for Georgia program and later as chairman of the governor's State Environmental Council. The coastlands coalition he led backed a groundbreaking act that, when instated, set up a permitting process to control development and to protect five hundred thousand acres of precious Georgia marshland. That coalition did not survive for long and is now seen as an unusual moment in the history of conservation, when allies as deeply diverse as conservative governor Lester Maddox and Atlanta liberals stood together.

General

Imprint:	University of Georgia Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Wormsloe Foundation Nature Book Series
Release date:	March 2020
Authors:	Reid W. Harris
Foreword by:	Jimmy Carter
Afterword by:	Charles H. McMillan III
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	136
ISBN-13:	978-0-8203-5673-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Public administration Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Social law > Environment law Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Physical geography > Deltas, estuaries, coastal regions Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Applied ecology > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > General
LSN:	0-8203-5673-5
Barcode:	9780820356730

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