Gaylord Nelson

From Canoes: A Natural History in North America by Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims

Subjects	History Cultural Studies Literature Native American Studies Regional Studies
Date	1966
Related Section	Chapter 7: The Human-Powered Movement
Keywords	Wisconsin environmentalism Earth Day Gaylord Nelson
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Copyright Holder	Wisconsin Historical Society
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Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, seen here in the bow of a canoe on the Namekagon River in 1966, is considered the founder of Earth Day. The first Earth Day came in 1970.

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