If there are two things that great people who have walked the face of the earth have in common, it would be their actions and advocacies, which have left a lasting impact on society. Gifford Pinchot was one such man. Both a politician and a scientist,...
He was one of the pioneers of the US conservation movement and, as an adviser to President Theodore Roosevelt in the first decade of the 20th century, was instrumental in the creation of the US Forest Service and oversaw a huge increase in the amount of national forest land holdings.
An article published by the US Department of the Interior says Pinchot “established the modern definition of conservation as a ‘wise use’ approach to public land. Conservationists believe in using land sustainably to preserve it for future generations, rather than allowing it to be exploited and lost forever.”
Learn more about his life over at Cosmos.
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REPUBLICAN politician scientist while democrats were still holding african americans in chains as they still do today and have always done
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It's sad that its newsworthy that someone was both a scientist and a politician.
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