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By Barry Spitz,Janice Barry,Dewey Livingston,Larry Minikes

ISBN-10: 147008774X

ISBN-13: 9781470087746

the colourful heritage of the demanding situations and successes within the upkeep of lands on and round Mt. Tamalpais, Marin County, California, and the position of the Tamalpais Conservation membership, in addition to different key women and men, like William Kent and Alice Eastwood, and either private and non-private enterprises who got here jointly for those efforts.

The booklet, commemorating the TCC's a centesimal anniversary, comprises narratives of the production of the TCC, Muir Woods nationwide Monument, Mt. Tamalpais country Park, Marin Municipal Water District, Golden Gate nationwide game sector (GGNRA), Marin County Open area District, and different public components at the mountain. Over a hundred ancient images and files are incorporated. this can be the 1st time those efforts were documented in a single ebook.

This is to boot a narrative of the start of the environmental circulate within the Western usa. The seeds have been planted by means of past pioneering environmentalists comparable to President Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir, an honorary TCC member. The publication is wealthy with tales of people that made a distinction via their ardour and love for Mt. Tamalpais

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