Saving Point Reyes : how an epic conservation victory became a tipping point for environmental policy action / Gerald Felix Warburg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Warburg, Gerald Felix, author.

Series:

Environment and society (University Press of Kansas)

Environment and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Point Reyes National Seashore (Calif.)--History.

Point Reyes National Seashore (Calif.).

Point Reyes Peninsula (Calif.)--History.

Point Reyes Peninsula (Calif.).

Environmental protection--California--Marin County--History.

Environmental protection.

Environmentalism--California--History.

Environmentalism.

Nature conservation--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Nature conservation.

Environmental policy--United States--Citizen participation--History--20th century.

Environmental policy.

Environmental policy--Citizen participation.

Nature conservation--Political aspects.

California.

California--Marin County.

California--Point Reyes National Seashore.

California--Point Reyes Peninsula.

United States.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

xvii, 239 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2023]

Summary:

"Point Reyes National Seashore is not only a notable piece of land-the first large national park created from all private lands and the first large park adjacent a large metropolitan center-but the fight in the 1960s to save this fragile ecosystem was a key turning point in the environmental movement and helped transform the political landscape of California. Most accounts of this story focus only on the 1962 bill that created the Point Reyes National Seashore (PRNS) on 53,000 acres of private lands just north of San Francisco. But that was only the first act in the saga. The passing of the bill only established the park in theory, and the government only controlled 123 acres at Point Reyes. In the months following the signing ceremony, all three of the champions of the bill died, leaving the PRNS without the leadership necessary to secure funding to purchase the rest of the land. What followed was an epic public policy battle to save Point Reyes. Local grassroots lobbying organizations arose to advance the cause of PRNS and other environmental causes, and their victory in 1970 laid the foundation for future environmental activism. With the new funding, the PRNS expanded to over 71,000 acres, which grew to 87,000 acres with the 1972 creation of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Saving Point Reyes is an environmental policy history that draws on archival materials, oral histories, and new interviews with veteran federal policymakers to understand how legislative bargaining and grassroots politics succeeded in achieving this victory for environmental protection"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: saving the "Island in Time"

The land and people of Point Reyes

Point Reyes and the origins of the conservation movement

Mr. Miller goes to Washington : the fight for Point Reyes

The battle that had to be won twice

Who saved Point Reyes?

What happened next : Point Reyes and environmental politics

Lessons learned : Point Reyes and future policy challenges

Timeline

Key participants

Appendix: Key documents related to the creation of PRNS.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Warburg, Gerald Felix. Saving Point Reyes

ISBN:

9780700635436

0700635432

9780700635443

0700635440

OCLC:

1356500687