"Botany, illustration, poetry, natural history and outdoor education"@en . . . . . . . "1097454831"^^ . . . . . . . . . "1975"^^ . . . . . . . "May Theilgaard Watts"@en . . "11936"^^ . . "1893-05-01"^^ . . . . . "1893-05-01"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "May Petrea Theilgaard Watts (1 May 1893 \u2013 20 August 1975) was an American naturalist, writer, poet, illustrator, and educator. She was a naturalist at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois, and author of Reading the Landscape of America. She is credited with proposing in 1963 what ultimately developed as a national rails-to-trails program. She argued for preservation of abandoned railroad rights-of-way for public use, and helped gain the development of the Illinois Prairie Path."@en . . "Raymond Watts"@en . "1975-08-20"^^ . "1893"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "May Theilgaard Watts"@en . . . . "Chicago, Illinois, U.S."@en . . . . . "8267846"^^ . "1975-08-20"^^ . . . . . . . . "May Petrea Theilgaard Watts (1 May 1893 \u2013 20 August 1975) was an American naturalist, writer, poet, illustrator, and educator. She was a naturalist at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois, and author of Reading the Landscape of America. She is credited with proposing in 1963 what ultimately developed as a national rails-to-trails program. She argued for preservation of abandoned railroad rights-of-way for public use, and helped gain the development of the Illinois Prairie Path."@en . "B.S., University of Chicago ; School of the Art Institute of Chicago"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "May Theilgaard Watts"@en . . . . . . . "Naperville, Illinois, U.S."@en .