RNR 1001 Chapter : RNR 8
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Created the tva which built tons of dams on the tennessee river for. Also created ccc civilian conservation core- response to the great. He had much experience with western forest speculators and forest. Beginning of the modern conservation movement in the us- using nature. Gifford pinchot(1865-1946), first chief of the forest service(1905-1910) without destroying it- wise use not preservation destruction in the late 1800s; the greatest good of the greatest number in the long run . First pres to care abut forests and conservation. Not strictly conservation(removed dead trees from forests for aesthetics), but promoted receptiveness" for conservation. Considered three phases in the development of human ethics: relationships among individuals 2. Wrote the land ethic" in 1949, mostly in response to forest service policies. Aldo leopold, professor at the university of wisconsin that favored harvesting in national forests individuals relationship to land and nature.
