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Ann Vileisis
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Inspiration in a Seashell
I like to take walks at the edge of the Pacific Ocean. I love the fresh breeze, the blue water, the steady beat of the waves, gulls riding air currents, whales spouting, and the draw of the expansive horizon. But I also love casting my eyes downward in search for whatever has washed ashore—sea glass, driftwood, or pieces of shell. Several years back, when I scrambled over rocks to reach a small st
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“If "balance" was truly sought, it would take a much deeper swing in the direction of conservation to offset the dominant vision of converting wetlands that had guided centuries of land use in America.”
― Discovering the Unknown Landscape: A History Of America's Wetlands
― Discovering the Unknown Landscape: A History Of America's Wetlands
“By virtue of their very nature, wetlands once again challenged traditional concepts of property. Because the "wet" part of wetlands offered public benefits, the government had become involved to protect common values. Yet the "land" part had traditionally accorded owners the rights to do what they wanted. Sooner or later Americans would have to address the apparent conflict between safeguarding environmental quality for society at large and preserving landowners' rights. The wetlands were part land and part water, part private and part public. The future of this enigmatic physical and cultural landscape lay in the delicately shifting balance of public opinion and in the stark exposure of raw political power.”
― Discovering the Unknown Landscape: A History Of America's Wetlands
― Discovering the Unknown Landscape: A History Of America's Wetlands
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature - the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.”
― Silent Spring
― Silent Spring
