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Justice William O. Douglas: Public Advocate and Conservation Champion
We the People
The CNO Canal Crusade and the Rise of the Conservation Movement
The CNO canal is what I think was really the catalyst for Douglas to get into conservation. He had polio or there's some disputes about it as a kid, but he was sick and skinny. And so he used nature to try to shore himself up to try to connect with things. So when he sees this proposal by the National Park Service that they should put a highway down the CNO canal, he uses those words: This is a sanctuary. This is a spiritual place.
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