Eleanor Roosevelt and the wilderness
Eleanor Roosevelt wrote a daily article 6 days a week for 26 years. Called “My Day”, it was the precursor to today’s blogs.
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Who was Howard Zahniser?
When I compiled my first list of possible subjects for Voices of the Wilderness episodes, some names jumped right into the mix – Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, Edward Abbey, Rachel Carson and Aldo Leopold. Then I started digging into the USFWS archive material at […]
Aldo Leopold and The Birth of the Land Ethic
Aldo Leopold was one of the most talented and important contributors to America’s conservation movement. In the 1920s, he successfully lobbied for the creation of the first wilderness area in the world. In the 1930s, he established the field of game management by championing the […]