Title: The Big Marsh
Description: "An environmental history of Freeborn County, Minnesota's Big Marsh, which was tilled and drained 130 years ago at public expense for agricultural purposes. Told from a personal point of view, this story shows the enduring value of wild places and the importance of the fight to preserve them, both then and now"--

"A rural community is changed forever when moneyed interests conspire to transform a treasured wetland"--
Subjects: Real estate developers, Environmental conditions, Landscape changes, Economic conditions, Businessmen, Marshes, Drainage, Landscape protection, Agriculture, Biography, History, Agriculture, environmental aspects, Agriculture, united states, history, Businesspeople, biography, Real estate development, Minnesota, biography, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI), NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Lakes, Ponds & Swamps
Places: Freeborn County, Freeborn County (Minn.), Minnesota