INTRODUCING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HALL OF FAME

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September/October 1983
 
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Furthermore, this President's conservation policies were motivated by his own love for wilderness recreation. Teddy was an enthusiastic field naturalist (as well as an avid bird-watcher) and was recognized by a number of his contemporaries as one of the authorities of the day on nature studies. Also, although he opposed the wholesale slaughter of wild creatures by commercial hunters, he considered hunting for sport or food-on an individual level-to be an integral part of the wide range of worthwhile wilderness activities. Because Roosevelt was, in addition to all of this, a talented and prolific writer on wilderness themes, his lively reports of his own expeditions must have given many city-bound Americans of that time their first hint of the beauty and grandeur of the great outdoors.

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