Here in Wisconsin, we’re quite familiar with the work of many conservationists - Aldo Leopold, Gaylord Nelson, Sigurd Olson - but there’s another name that should be right up there with all of them: George Fell, who launched the movement to preserve natural areas too small or fragile to qualify as state or national parks. That's according to a guest author, who shares George Fell's story, and the impact his work is still having today in his home state of Illinois and beyond.
Links
[1] https://www.wpr.org/programs/central-time
[2] https://www.wpr.org/people/veronica-rueckert
[3] https://www.wpr.org/people/rob-ferrett
[4] https://www.wpr.org/people/arthur-melville-pearson
[5] https://www.wpr.org/people/chris-malina
[6] https://www.amazon.com/dp/0299312305?tag=wiscpublradi-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1