Twentieth-Century New England Land Conservation

A Heritage of Civic Engagement

Edited by Charles H. W. Foster

    Foreword by Charles H. W. Foster Preface by Judson D. Hale, Sr. Land Conservation in New England: An Introductory Overview by Charles H. W. Foster Maine. A Certain Persistence of Character: Land Conservation in Maine - 1900-2000 by Thomas A. Urquhart New Hampshire. Common Ground by James C. Collins and Richard Ober Vermont. Unspoiled Vermont: The Nature of Conservation in the Green Mountain State by Robert McCullough, Clare Ginger, and Michelle Baumflek Massachusetts. Environmental Conservation in Massachusetts by Charles H. W. Foster Rhode Island. The Rhode Island Conservation Story: Back from Crisis by Peter B. Lord Connecticut. Rescuing Connecticut: A Story of Land Saving Actions by Russell L. Brenneman Federal Land Conservation in New England: Crisis, Response, and Adaptation by Robert W. McIntosh, Rolf Diamant, and Nora J. Mitchell The Past as Prologue by Charles H. W. Foster
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Charles H.W. Foster is Adjunct Research Associate and Lecturer at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He is a former Massachusetts Commissioner of Natural Resources, Secretary of Environmental Affairs, and Dean of the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.