print email comment close The Evolution of the Conservation Movement: 1850-1920 URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amrvhtml/conshome.html Description: This site documents "...the historical formation and cultural foundations of the movement to conserve and protect America's natural heritage, through books, pamphlets, government documents, manuscripts, prints, photographs, and motion picture footage drawn from the collections of the Library of Congress." (The films are available in QuickTime, MPEG, and RealPlayer formats.) The contents of the site are arranged by subject and author and are searchable. There is also a chronology of selected events. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. Publisher: Library of Congress Library of Congress Subject Headings: Conservation of natural resources -- United States -- History Environmental policy -- United States -- History LII Database Information: Record 12373 created by Liz Ruhland on 01/24/2001 Last modification on 01/31/2001 Published: 01/24/2001   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/12373