West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, Legal Records Regarding Otter Creek Drainage Case
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3923
Legal records from attorney Frederick Anderson who was involved with the Otter Creek drainage case on behalf of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy. The case took place within the early history of the modern environmental movement in the United States. Congress eventually provided permanent protection for the Otter Creek wilderness, which is located on the Cheat-Potomac Ranger District of the Monongahela National Forest in Tucker and Randolph Counties, West Virginia. The collection also includes a two page narrative by Frederick Anderson regarding the case, and court document 15028 from the US Court of Appeals; and a copy of "50 Year History of the Monongahela National Forest". See "Fighting to protect the Highlands: the first forty years of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy" by David P. Elkinton for a narrative of the Otter Creek case, among other events in the organization's history.
English
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1.7 Linear Feet (Summary: 1 ft. 8 in. (1 record carton, 15 in.); (1 document case, 5 in.))
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