 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1914 - 880 pages
...NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE NATION 409 of the leaders in all the later stages of the movement. But } ,' Gifford Pinchot is the man to whom the nation owes...most '\ for what has been accomplished as regards the preserva- i,\ tion of the natural resources of our country. He led, and P" indeed during its most vital... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1913 - 878 pages
...irrigation matters. Dr. WJ McGee was one of the leaders in all the later stages of the movement. But GifTord Pinchot is the man to whom the nation owes most'' for what has been accomplished as regards the preserva-* tion of the natural resources of our country. He led, and indeed during its most vital period... | |
 | 1919 - 824 pages
...chapter on "The Natural Resources of the Nation" in his Autobiography (p. 429) : "Gifford Pine-hot is the man to whom the nation owes most for what has...instrument in developing the irrigation of the arid West. . . ." The story of the forestry work of the Roosevelt administration is one of great historical interest.... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1922 - 452 pages
...preservation. He was attracted to Gifford Pinchot to whom he paid a warm tribute. "He led," so Roosevelt wrote, "and indeed during its most vital period embodied...for the preservation through use of our forests." 3 The enemies of the forest were fires, the sawmill and other inventions for getting timber and wood-pulp.... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1922 - 450 pages
...preservation. He was attracted to Gifford Pinchot to whom he paid a warm tribute. "He led," so Roosevelt wrote, "and indeed during its most vital period embodied...for the preservation through use of our forests." 3 The enemies of the forest were fires, the sawmill and other inventions for getting timber and wood-pulp.... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Forests - 1976 - 812 pages
...the National Park Service will be next year's target. "Gifford Pinchot," wrote Theodore Roosevelt, "is the man to whom the nation owes most for what...the fight for the preservation through use of our national forests." I have underscored the reference to preservation through use because this is the... | |
 | Gifford Pinchot - 1993 - 292 pages
...America's new conservation movement in the first decade of the 1900s; Roosevelt regarded Pinchot as "the man to whom the nation owes most for what has...preservation of the natural resources of our country.' ' Pinchot 's political star faded in Washington after Roosevelt left office; he did not have the ear... | |
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Gifford Pinchot is the man to whom the nation owes most for what has been accomplished as regards the preservation of the natural resources of our country. 