The Man from Clear Lake: Earth Day Founder Senator Gaylord Nelson On Earth Day 1970 twenty million Americans displayed their commitment to a clean environment. It was called the largest demonstration in human history, and it permanently changed the nation’s political agenda. By Earth Day 2000 participation had exploded to 500 million people in 167 countries. Winner, Elizabeth A. Steinberg Prize, University of Wisconsin Press |
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... Recreation Act Program ( later modified to Action instead of Act ) , but in Wisconsin it has always been called ORAP , and pronounced ORE - app . On its face , it was simple : a ten - year , $ 50 million program to acquire land for ...
... recreation was the major factor in the booming park usage , as Illinois families headed for Wisconsin and families in south- ern Wisconsin headed up north for weekend or vacation getaways . A University of Wisconsin study estimated that ...
... recreation boom reopened the discussion.2 Nelson broached the idea in 1961 , in a discussion with Louis and Martin Hanson at their lodge on Beaverdam Lake , near Mellen in Ash- land County , nearly surrounded by the Chequamegon National ...
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