Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : The Environmentalist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (2738)	10/8/2003 6:25:40 PM
From: d[-_-]b	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36918

len, re:....a critter killer with a warm heart for your quarry. You can't hunt/fish without abundant pristine forest land and plenty of clean water. Hunter's have historically been amateur naturalists and environmentalists - but it only takes one bubba drinking and shooting up the woods to give us all a bad name. Professional hunter's for the railroad companies also gave hunting a bad rap at the turn of the century. Teddy Roosevelt (a hunter) himself set aside vast tracts of the west. However, he had vastly different ideas of what good sportsmanship is all about with regard to hunting. I don't take 500+ yard shots at herds hoping to hit something. geocities.com Teddy Roosevelt was born in New York City in the year 1858. He served as our country’s president from 1901-1909, during which time he did much for the environment and the future of environmental activism. When Roosevelt was only a kid, he suffered from fairly severe asthma, which meant he had to find interests that didn’t involve physical stress. Teddy developed an interest in the environment from this early age, a dedication that influenced his presidential decisions and remained with him throughout his life. As governor of New York, Roosevelt promoted forest management and pressured legislators to make it illegal to use feathers for mere adornment purposes. While in office as President, Roosevelt continued his environmental activism. He used the Forest Reserve Act to set aside 150 million acres of public land for forest reserves, created 50 wildlife refuges and he worked for Congress to pass the Reclamation Act of 1902, which initiated 16 reclamation projects in the southwest of the country. Roosevelt also was responsible for the creation of 5 National Parks (and undoubtedly the entire National Park System which followed): Crater Lake National Park, Wind Cave Naitonal Park, Sullys Hill, Platt National Park and Mesa Verde National Park. Teddy Roosevelt fought hard but unsuccessfully to preserve The Grand Canyon as a National Park. Instead, he had it declared a National Monument, which protected it. Later, it became the National Park that it is today. According to the National Geographic, the area of the United States placed under public protection by Theodore Roosevelt, as National Parks, National Forests, game and bird preserves, and other federal reservations, comes to a total of approximately 230,000,000 acres. Theodore Roosevelt is most remembered for these efforts and his creation of the National Park System in the United States. However, he was involved with other environmental issues as well. These include soil and water preservation and the setting aside of land for recreation use. What is maybe most significant is the visibility that Roosevelt brought to environmental issues. He used his political position and skills to make people aware of conservation issues and to influence other politicians to take up his efforts. It can be said that Theodore Roosevelt set the stage for future many environmental activists.