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Gifford Pinchot, 1909, by Pirie MacDonald, when Pinchot was the first Chief of the United States Forest Service. As Gifford Pinchot wrote in his book, Breaking New Ground, "Conservation is the foresighted utilization, preservation and/or renewal of forests, waters, lands and minerals for the greatest good of the greatest number for the longest ...
Gifford Pinchot was born in Simsbury, Connecticut, on August 11, 1865. [5] He was named for Hudson River School artist Sanford Robinson Gifford. [6] Pinchot was the oldest child of James W. Pinchot, a successful New York City interior furnishings merchant, and Mary Eno, daughter of one of New York City's wealthiest real estate developers, Amos Eno. [7]
Gifford Pinchot (right) and Theodore Roosevelt shaped the early history of the Forest Service. Starting in 1876, and undergoing a series of name changes, the United States Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture grew to protect and use millions of acres of forest on public land.
When it comes to finding the perfect Christmas tree, William Lyon has it down to a science. Every year, Lyon downloads official maps of U.S. Forest Service roads — Apple and Google maps never ...
In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt created the United States Forest Service, naming Gifford Pinchot the first agency chief. Pinchot was put in charge of the forest reserves to manage them "for the greatest good of the greatest number in the long run". [17]
The Forest Service and the Greatest Good: A Centennial History Archived 11 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Durham, NC: Forest History Society, 2005. S. S. Negi. Sir Dietrich Brandis: Father of Tropical Forestry. Dehra Dun, India: Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, 1991. Weil, Benjamin (2006).
The shelterwood logging and clearcutting proposed by the Forest Service will dramatically reduce the forests’ age classes. The selective cutting, crop tree release, and midstory removal will ...
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