Table of Contents

Prologue 1. A Delightful Prospect 2. Exploiting Inexhaustible Resources 3. The Dawn of Michigan Conservation: Sportsmen Lead the Way 4. Renewing the Forests 5. The Public Health Roots of Environmental Protection 6. The Crusade to Free Conservation from Politics 7. The Lady of the Parks 8. The Builders 9. Forced to Be First: Banning the ""Hard Pesticides"" 10. Reclaiming the Tainted Wonderland 11. The Age of Action 12. Saving Places 13. Chemical Wastelands 14. The Heart of an Ecosystem 15. The Third Wave Epilogue Notes Index to come

About the Author

Dave Dempsey serves as Communications Director for Conservation Minnesota and consults for other environmental and conservation organizations across Minnesota and Michigan. He is author of William G. Milliken: Michigan's Passionate Moderate and Ruin and Recovery: Michigan's Rise as a Conservation Leader.