1. Conservation Philosophies
The shape of the debate

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States & Territories,
1907

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Area of Forest Land,
2007

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Changchun
° N,
° E
ca. 210 km
° N, ° W

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"There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy, and its charm.“ – Theodore Roosevelt

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""The Bad Lands grade all the way from those that are almost rolling in character to those that are so fantastically broken in form and so bizarre in color as to seem hardly properly to belong to this earth.“
– Theodore Roosevelt

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"There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy, and its charm.“ – Theodore Roosevelt

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Black Hills National Forest &
Mt. Rushmore National Monument

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1887, helps establish Boone & Crockett Club, a hunting club
1898, serves in Cuba during Spanish-American War (as commander of the “Rough Riders”)
1898, elected NY Governor (to 1900)
1900, elected Vice President to McKinley
1901, McKinley assassinated
, re-elected President, establishes Forest Service (to 1909)
President Theodore Roosevelt
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Established
150 national forests
51 federal bird reserves
4 national game preserves
5 national parks
18 national monuments through 1906 American Antiquities Act.
protected approximately 230 million acres (93 million hectares) of public land
President Theodore Roosevelt
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13. Conservation Philosophies
A debate that shaped early American conservation philosophy

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1906 San Francisco Quake & Fire
Hetch Hetchy Valley

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Hetch Hetchy Valley

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President Woodrow Wilson signed the Raker Act on December 19, This act permitted San Francisco to build a dam in Yosemite National Park's spectacular Hetch Hetchy Valley.
Hetch Hetchy Valley

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Hetch Hetchy Valley