Voyageurs National Park: The Battle to Create Minnesota's National Park - Couverture souple

Witzig, Fred T.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0816640505 ISBN 13 : 9780816640508

Editeur : University of Minnesota Press, 2004

Synopsis

A chronicle of the legislative process that made Voyageurs National Park a reality

When President Nixon signed the legislation authorizing the establishment of Voyageurs National Park on January 8, 1971, almost eighty years had passed since Minnesota's government initially petitioned to create a national park in the northern portion of the state.

Voyageurs National Park chronicles the complex legal and political campaign to found Minnesota's only national park. Witzig's thoroughly documented and referenced research allows him to offer a detailed view of the unanticipated disappointments and defining moments of achievement that accompanied this complicated legislative battle. Concentrating on the period from 1962 to 1975, Witzig identifies and explains the central issues surrounding the campaign including land acquisition policy, local concerns and opposition to the park, interagency conflict over U.S. forest lands, antifederal attitudes in northeastern Minnesota, and the overstated case for the economic benefits a national park would bring. Witzig covers the dispute over the inclusion of Crane Lake in the park and focuses on the many individuals and groups who were instrumental in the establishment of Voyageurs National Park, such as Governor Elmer L. Andersen, John A. Blatnik, Sigurd F. Olson, and Rita Shemesh.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Fred T. Witzig is professor emeritus of geography at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Minnesota Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0816640505
• ISBN 13: 9780816640508
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
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