Title Green republican : John Saylor and the preservation of America's wilderness / Thomas G. Smith

Published Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2006] ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (433 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Trailblazer -- Headwaters -- Political and environmental trailhead -- Maverick Republican -- Dinosaur canyons -- Big dam foolishness -- Wilderness and park advocate -- Coal, the C & O Canal, and Kinzua -- The rainbow connection -- Passage of the Wilderness Bill-- The battle to save Grand Canyon -- Wild and scenic rivers -- Base camp -- Greening America -- Saving the Redwoods -- Congressman for conservation -- Alaska -- Trail's end Summary Annotation Green Republicanchronicles the life of Congressman John Saylor and his personal legacy as an environmental champion. Saylor believed the wilderness was intrinsic to the American experience-that our concepts of democracy, love of country, conservation, and independence were shaped by our wilderness experiences. Through his ardent protection of national parks and diligent work to add new areas to the parks system, Saylor helped propel the American environmental movement in the three decades following Word War II. At the height of the federal dam-building program in the 1950s and 1960s, Saylor blocked efforts to erect hydroelectric dams whose impounded waters would have invaded Dinosaur National Monument and the Grand Canyon. During the energy crisis of the early 1970s, Saylor denounced attempts to open the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. He was the House architect of the Wilderness Act of 1964 and the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968. Because Saylor represented a coal-mining district, he doggedly promoted the use of coal, instead of atomic or hydropower, to generate electricity, and repeatedly won the support of his constituents over thirteen terms between 1949 and 1973. But he also fervently supported legislation to purify the air and water and redeem stripped lands. Considered both a maverick and a pioneer, John Saylor won respect on both sides of the aisle because he was direct, hardworking, and passionate about conservation at a time when the cause was not popular. Environmental leaders dubbed him "St. John" because he tenaciously advocated their proposals and battled resistance by resource-use proponents. Based on extensive research and numerous interviews with Saylor's colleagues and members of the conservationist community, Thomas G. Smith assembles the remarkable story of John Saylor, arguably the leading congressional conservationist of the twentieth century, and a major force in the preservation of America's wilderness Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-392) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Saylor, John P. (John Phillips), 1908-1973. SUBJECT Saylor, John P. (John Phillips), 1908-1973 fast Subject Conservationists -- United States -- Biography Conservation of natural resources. Conservation of Natural Resources BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political. Conservation of natural resources Conservationists Umweltschützer SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 Subject United States USA Genre/Form Biographies Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780822971054 0822971054 0822942836 9780822942832 1322025355 9781322025353

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