Compelled: From the Yazoo Pumps to Polar Bears and Back: The Evolution of Natural Resource Conservation and Law

by H. Dale Hall

Compelled is a chronicle of H. Dale Hall's career, but focuses on the conservation issues he personally worked on. They include, but aren't limited to, the Clean Water Act and wetlands, the Endangered Species Act (northern spotted owl, polar bear and others), his involvement working on the agreements for operation of the Missouri, Colorado and Sacramento-San Joaquin rivers, his rise to become Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service and, most importantly, the people he worked with on these issues. The TEAMS. H. Dale Hall interviewed 19 people he worked with along the line to make sure his records (40 boxes of duplicate files from the FWS and Ducks Unlimited) and memory were accurate. It tells the story of the evolution of natural resource conservation over the past 40 years, and how involving the public became critical to finding solutions to thorny natural resource issues.

Kindle Edition

Published August 23, 2023