Saving Wild Places: Wilderness Conservation

Saving Wild Places: Wilderness Conservation on Martha’s Vineyard

The Vineyard conservationists who fought to protect the world’s last heath hens couldn’t save the bird, but they may have saved the Island. The “Heath Hen Reservation” that they established in 1908 became the nucleus of the Manuel Correllus State Forest, and the spiritual ancestor of the conservation organizations that began to emerge a half-century later: the Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation, Vineyard Conservation Society, Land Bank, and more. Join MVM research librarian Bow Van Riper for a history of wilderness conservation on the Vineyard, and its resonance with the national environmental movement.

MVM Members: $15; Non-Members: $25.

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Date November 14, 2024
From 5:00 pm
To 6:00 pm
Type Talk
Venue Martha’s Vineyard Museum
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