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# When We Overcame Political Division
- URL: https://www.adamsowards.net/when-we-overcame-political-division/
- Published: 2018-10-05T07:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-16T17:39:14.000Z
- Author: Adam M. Sowards
- Tags: magazine articles, publication, high country news, 2018, reckoning with history, partisanship, north cascades national park, redwood national park, wild and scenic rivers act, national trails system act, history, environmental policy

"Reckoning with History: When we overcame political division," *High Country News* (October 5, 2018). 

[Reckoning with History: When we overcame political division - High Country News50 years ago, a functional Congress enacted four important conservation bills.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fa/10/fa102a82-f50e-4e06-9a70-213785342d94/content/images/icon/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-14.png)High Country NewsAdam M. Sowards![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fa/10/fa102a82-f50e-4e06-9a70-213785342d94/content/images/thumbnail/webredwood1.jpg)](https://www.hcn.org/articles/reckoning-with-history-lessons-on-overcoming-political-divisions-50-years-ago-conservation?ref=adamsowards.net)