America has in its natural resources an almost unlimited wealth of esthetic and economic riches. The key word is "almost" - for with the appalling industrial fouling of air, water, and land, the wanton destruction of beauty, and the ever-increasing encroachment on open space, we stand at a point of acute, if quiet crisis. In this book, the former Secretary of the Interior tells the tremendously important and often deeply moving story of those who have fought tirelessly against this destruction, and suggests ways to combat and overcome the destructive tendencies still operative in our society.

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