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The Conservation Diaries of Gifford Pinchot
Entries from the personal diaries of Gifford Pinchot, an influential early advocate for environmental conservation, are selected as they refer to Pinchot's activities establishing national forests. Steen (a conservation historian affiliated with the Pinchot Institute for Conservation) has arranged the entries chronologically into chapters that begin with two-to-three page summaries of the events of that period. Some bandw photos are included. c. Book News Inc.
Seeking the Greatest Good
President John F. Kennedy officially dedicated the Pinchot Institute for Conservation Studies on September 24, 1963 to further the legacy and activism of conservationist Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946). Pinchot was the first chief of the United States Forest Service, appointed by Theodore Roosevelt in 1905. During his five-year term, he more than tripled the national forest reserves to 172 million acres. A pioneer in his field, Pinchot is widely regarded as one of the architects of American conservation and an adamant steward of natural resources for future generations. Author Char Miller highlights many of the important contributions of the Pinchot Institute through its first fifty years of ope...
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Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism
Chronicles and examines the life of pioneering American conservationist and Progressive politician Gifford Pinchot, the first chief of the U.S. Forest Service, whose beliefs about conservation and social issues came to be directly related.
