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Sunday June 1, 2025
3:00 PM

William Lewis: "Preserving The Pines: New Jersey And The Origins Of Environmentalism"

Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street In the early twentieth century, an interconnected web of men and women led by Dr. V.E. Vivian fought for and won a better future in Whitesbog Village, a forgotten town in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens. Before their heroic efforts, air, land and sea were riddled with pollution, with few protections. Hope for a better tomorrow seemed unlikely. When they were done, the 1.1 million acres of the New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve became the largest protected and preserved open space on the East Coast. With the help of numerous color images dedicated to Dr. Vivian, author William J. Lewis chronicles and celebrates the educators and historians who started New Jersey’s conservation movement and successfully crusaded for a better, cleaner world.

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