• Rachel Carson, Parnassus High School, 1925, was an American marine biologist, writer and conservationist whose sea trilogy and 1962 book “Silent Spring” are credited with advancing marine ...

June 1962: "Silent Spring" Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring is published. Acclaimed as the catalyst of the modern environmental movement, Silent Spring condemns the overuse of pesticides.

The Springsong Museum, a Silver Spring-based nonprofit, is seeking to fund and build a museum honoring Silver Spring native ...

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Rachel Carson is credited with launching the modern environmental movement with her landmark book, "Silent Spring" (Carson, 1962). She documented and decried the widespread harm caused by pesticides ( ...

The Rachel Carson Trail will put more than 1,000 hikers’ physical and mental endurance to the test Saturday for the 28th annual challenge featuring three separate courses.

Rachel Carson is the author of the best-seller “Silent Spring” and “The Sea Around Us,” which won the National Book Award for nonfiction.

The 37-mile Rachel Carson Trail Challenge includes total elevation change of 8,000 feet.

With the Fourth of July holiday approaching, Carson city officials announced a zero-tolerance policy on fireworks, including so-called "safe and sane" pyrotechnics.

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