Title And the coastlands wait : how the grassroots battle to save Georgia's marshlands was fought -- and won / Reid W. Harris ; with a foreword by Jimmy Carter and a new afterword by Charles H. McMillan III

Published Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2020] ©2020

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Description 1 online resource : maps Series Wormsloe Foundation nature book Wormsloe Foundation nature book. Contents Foreword / Jimmy Carter -- I. The threat. The Kerr-McGee proposal ; The public hearings ; The value of the estuaries ; The press reports on Kerr-McGee proposal ; Questions of Marsh protections -- II. The legislation. Introduction to the legislative process ; Office of Legislative Counsel ; State institutions of property committee ; First National Bank of Brunswick ; Hearing in the state institutions and property committee ; State institutions and property subcommittee ; House vote on House Bill 212 ; Rules committee ; Second vote by the House -- III. The bill in the Senate. Spring and Summer 1969 ; Senate interim committee ; Hearing in the Senate Industry and Labor Committee ; The Bill in the House again ; The Bill in the Governor's office -- Epilogue -- Afterword / Charles H. McMillan III Summary "A broad-based coalition of conservative southern politicians, countercultural activists, environmental scientists, sportsmen, devout Christians, garden clubs in Atlanta, and others came together to push the Coastal Marshland Protection Act of 1970 through the Georgia state legislature. The law was on a first-in-the-nation bill to save the marshes of the state from mining and aggressive development and was a political watershed which reflected the changing nature of the state and set a foundation that would lead to the thoughtful use of the state's coastal resources still relevant today. Led by St. Simons lawyer, Reid Harris, the coalition backed an act that set up a permitting process to control development and protect 500,000 acres of marshland. That coalition did not survive for long. It was a magical moment in the history of conservation, when allies as diverse as deeply conservative Governor Lester Maddox and an Atlanta hippie stood together"-- Provided by publisher Notes "This work was originally self-published in 2008 by Reid W. Harris"--ECIP PDF view REID W. HARRIS was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1964 and served for six years. During this time he was the principal author of several laws concerning conservation of the coastlands, including the Georgia Surface Mining Act and the Coastal Marshlands Protection Act Print version record Subject Marshes -- Protection -- Georgia -- History -- 20th century Wetlands -- Protection -- Georgia -- History -- 20th century Wetland conservation -- Law and legislation -- Georgia -- History -- 20th century Wetland conservation -- Law and legislation Wetlands -- Protection Georgia Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Carter, Jimmy, 1924- writer of foreword. McMillan, Charles H., III, writer of afterword. ISBN 9780820357201 0820357200

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