Conservancy: The Land Trust Movement in America
- ISBN-10
- 1584654481
- ISBN-13
- 9781584654483
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 348
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-09
- Publisher
- UPNE
- Author
- Richard Brewer
Description
The first complete treatment of the U.S. land trust movement as a crucial feature of current efforts to protect the environment.
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