Saving the Bay - Save the Bay Beginnings

In the 1950s, few people questioned what was seen as "progress:" the steady filling and development of San Francisco Bay. The focus of the conservation movement until that time has been on saving wilderness. But Catherine Kerr, Sylvia McLaughlin, and Esther Gulick started a grassroots effort to preserve an urban landscape, changing how people thought about conservation.

For more information, go to: http://education.savingthebay.org/turning-the-tide/
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• Sylvia McLaughlin
• Esther Gulick
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