The green years, 1964-1976 : when Democrats and Republicans united to repair the Earth / Gregg Coodley and David Sarasohn, with a foreword by Senator Ron Wyden.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of the major environmental advances of the green years -- Earth Day, 1970 -- Wilderness at last -- Money, beauty, and recreation -- Lands, rivers, and trails -- Tackling pollution in the Johnson years -- The green Nixon -- High tide on Nixon water policy -- The atmosphere changes -- Saving the oceans -- Protecting endangered species -- Tracking toxins across land and sea -- Land and wilderness management -- The years that followed -- What happened in the green years?

"The Green Years is the most comprehensive history of environmentalism's legislative achievements, chronicling the years 1964-1976 when almost all the major federal legislation that still shapes our environmental policy was enacted, beginning with the Wilderness Act of 1964 and concluding with the National Forest Management Act of 1976. Over 32 major environmental laws or executive actions were implemented, most on a bipartisan basis. This is the first book to focus on this key period as a whole and the politics that made this progress possible"-- Provided by publisher.