"I own these mountains" :grass-roots conservation through the lens of Ralph C. Larrabee: Historical New Hampshire / Marla Taylor.

Title:

"I own these mountains" :grass-roots conservation through the lens of Ralph C. Larrabee: Historical New Hampshire / Marla Taylor.

Author:

Taylor, Marla.

Call Number:

977.8 N5321h

Publication Information:

Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 2008.

Physical Description:

p. 100-116.

Source:

Vol. 62, No. 2 (Fall 2008) Historical New Hampshire.

Description:

The article discussed the local role of conservationist Ralph C. Larrabee (1870-1935) in the early U.S. conservation movement. Larrabee's work as a hiker, trail builder, guidebook editor, and amateur nature photographer in the White Mountains of New Hampshire is discussed, as is his time as president of the Appalachian Mountain Club legislation to stop logging in the White Mountains is also discussed, as is the publication of his landscape photography, several examples of which are reproduced.

Language:

English.

Subjects:

Conservationists Biography. United States , Nature conservation. , Nature photography. , Environmental protection History. United States

Locations:

White Mountains (N.H. & Me.).

People:

Larrabee, Ralph C., 1870-1935.

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