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And the coastlands wait : how the grassroots battle to save Georgia's marshlands was fought -- and won /
"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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Athens :
The University of Georgia Press,
[2020]
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| Series: | Wormsloe Foundation nature book.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Jimmy Carter
- I. The threat. The Kerr-McGee proposal ; The public hearings ; The value of the estuaries ; The press reports on Kerr-McGee proposal ; Questions of Marsh protections
- II. The legislation. Introduction to the legislative process ; Office of Legislative Counsel ; State institutions of property committee ; First National Bank of Brunswick ; Hearing in the state institutions and property committee ; State institutions and property subcommittee ; House vote on House Bill 212 ; Rules committee ; Second vote by the House
- III. The bill in the Senate. Spring and Summer 1969 ; Senate interim committee ; Hearing in the Senate Industry and Labor Committee ; The Bill in the House again ; The Bill in the Governor's office
- Epilogue
- Afterword / Charles H. McMillan III.