FWF 250 1st Edition Lecture 5Outline of Last Lecture I. History of ConservationA. WildlifeB. PeopleOutline of Current Lecture I. History of Conservation: PeopleCurrent Lecture History of Conservation: People- George Perkins Marsh (1801-1882)o He was considered to be America’s first environmentalist and “The Father of the Environmental Movement.”o He wrote the book Man and Nature in 1864. He titled this book as the Man, the Disturber of Nature; however, the publisher felt the title accused and was not appropriate.- Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)o Ralph Waldo Emerson was his mentor, neighbor, and friend.o He went to live in the woods on Walden Pond and wrote the book Walden (1854). He lived simply with the land.- John Muir (1838-1914)o He was an inventor born in Scotland.o His family immigrated to Wisconsin. o He became temporarily blind in a factory. He prayed that if he obtained his sight back, he would devote his life to conservation. o He became a preservationist. He became known as the father of preservation, the father of national parks, and a wilderness profit.o His first botany lesson gave him enthusiasm for his acts.o He camped with Theodore Roosevelt for a few days without his security.- The Conservation Movement in 1908 began the realization that natural resources were exhaustible and threatened. - Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946)o Pinchot was a conservationist, people person, and politician.o He is known as the leader, or father, of conservation. o He was the first American born forester.These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is bestused as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.o He went to Nancy, France to obtain a degree in forestry, which took him a year.o He said, “The greatest good for the greatest number (of people) in the long run.”o Pinchot co-founded SAF (Society of American Foresters).o In 1905, he became the first chief of U.S. Forest Services.o Gifford Pinchot was also friends with Theodore Roosevelt.- Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)o Roosevelt had 230,000,000 acres of land under public protection.- Dr. Carl Alwin Schenko Schenk stated the first forestry program in America, Biltmore Forest School.o He was from Germany and was German-education.o He was hired after Pinchot left in the same position.o In the forestry program, Schenk was a daring and dynamic lecturer with an abundance of self-confidence. He made Sunday a day for fun.- Aldo Leopold (1887-1948)o Leopold was named the father of wildlife education in America.o He had a degree in forestry. He began a career with USFS. o At the age of 24, he became the supervisor for Carson National Forest in New Mexico.o He wrote the first textbook in the field of wildlife management, Game Management 1933.o In 1933, Leopold became the chair of the game management department at the University of Wisconsin. He was most known for his writings. One example is A Sand County Almanac.- Robert “Bob” Marshall (1901-1939)o Marshall was the principal founder of the wilderness society.o In 1901, he was born in NYC.o He was a hiker and hike in tennis shoes. He was known for his fast hiking speed.o He was the first to suggest large tracts of Alaska to be preserved.o Marshall had a doctorate in forestry.These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a