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| 239721387 | John Muir | Founded the Sierra Club- one of the most significant conservation organizations in the US | |
| 239721388 | David Brower | Executive director of the Sierra Club. Helped the passage of the Wilderness Act in 1964. Founded "Friends of the Earth." and Earth Island Institute | |
| 239721389 | Teddy Roosevelt | Set aside 150 million acres of land for forest reserves, established wildlife refugees, and advocated protection of natural resources. Worked to pass the Reclaimation Act of 1902 under which 16 major reclaimation projects were intitiated. | |
| 239721390 | Rachel Carson | Wrote her book "Silent Springs" which focusedon environmental problems caused by synthetic pesticides. This led to a reverse in teh nation's pesticide policy and a nationwide ban on DDT. | |
| 239721391 | Archie Carr | He brought attention to the world's declining turtle population due to over exploitation and loss of habitat. Founded and directed the Caribbean Conservation Corporation. | |
| 239721392 | William Bartram | He was the first person to establish a major list and set of criteria for classifying birds. He named 215 North American birds; he was named the father of ornithology. | |
| 239721393 | Anna Botsford Comstock | One of the first to bring her students outside to study nature and implemented an experimental course of nature of study for public schools- this changed science classes in public schools. | |
| 239721394 | Jay N "Ding" Darling | Pulitzer Prize winning American cartoonist best known for his political and conservation cartoons. Concieved the idea for the Federal Duck Stamp Program and drew the first stamp design. He was appointed by president Roosevelt as the First HEad of US Biological Survey which was the forerunner of the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Founded NAtional WIldlife Federation in 1936. he used satire to promote the issues of conservation and to bring national attention to environmental concerns. | |
| 239721395 | William Temple Hornaday | An American zoologist, realtor, conservationist, author, poet, and song writer. He revolutionzed museum exhibits by displaying wildlife in their natural settings and he was credited with discovering the American Crocodile, saving the American bison, and the Alaskan fur seal from extinction. | |
| 239721396 | Roger Tory Peterson | held to be one of the founding inspirations for the 20th century envoronmental movement. In 1934, he published his Seminole "Guide to Birds" which was the first modern field guide. He co- wrote "Wild America" and edited/wrote many volumes in the Peterson's Field Guide. Developed the Peterson 10 system adn is known for the clarityof both his illustrations and his delineation of relevant field marks. | |
| 239721397 | Jane Goodall | British anthropologist, primologist, ethologist, and UN messenger of Peace. 45 year study of social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees. Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and has worked extensively on conservation and animal welfare issues. Former president of Advocates for Animals organization. | |
| 239721398 | Ansel Adams | Photographer; best known for his black and white photos of the American West. He was part of the Sierra Club | |
| 239721399 | Peter Garrett | Australian musician, environmental activist, and politician. Lead Singer of the Rockband Midnight Oil. President of the Australian Conservation Foundation and in 2003, was appointed a member of the order of Australia for his contribution to the environmental and music industry. | |
| 239721400 | Franklin D Roosevelt | long term interest in the science of forestry and resource management. press coverage of dust bowl and government made films such as 'the plan that broke the plains'. Civilian conservation corps merged with rosie's trust in the importance of work in the outdoors for the development of young americans with scientific understandings of agriculture and watershed management. | |
| 239721401 | Aldo Leopold | has a wild life- biologist environment visionary when as influential in the conservation of the mid to late 20th century. wrote textbook Game management. support the passage of act in which new taxes on sporting weapons and ammunitionfunded wildlife management and research. wrote philosophically about humanity's relationship with nature and about the need to conserve wilderness areas in 'A land country almanac' | |
| 239721402 | Henry David Thoreau | prominent us writer, lived for 2 years on the shore of walden pond near concord, Mass. There he observed nature and contemplated. Now people could economize and simplify their lives to live in harmony with the natural world. best known for his book, Walden, a reflection upon simple living and natural surroundings, and his essay, Disobedience an argument for individual resistance to civil gov. | |
| 239721403 | Gifford Pinchot | The first head of the US forest Service, Utilitarian Conservationist who viewed forests in terms of their usefulness for people. Known for reforming the management and development of forests in the US and for advocating the conservation of the nation's reserves by planned use and renewal. | |
| 239721404 | Jimmy Carter | The 39th President of US and the only president to get a Nobel PEace Prize after leaving Office. He created the Department of Energy which addressed issues of energy production, distribution, and consumption, and he established our national energy policy that included conservation, price control, and new technology. Advanced human rights; | |
| 239721405 | Ronald Reagan | Attempted to reuse the pro environment trend by appointing pro- business EPA Administrator Ann Gorsuch and leaving many top level positions in the agency unfilled. COngressional and public backlash to this led to even more restrictive environmental laws. | |
| 239721406 | Charles Darwin | Propsed the theory of Natural Selection. He published this idea in "the origin of species by means of natural selection" He was an English naturalist who believed species evolve. | |
| 239721407 | Peter Seeger | An American FOlk singer and iconic figure, Wrote "Where have all the Flowers Gone?" "If I Had a Hammer" "TUrn TUrn Turn" Involved in environmental organization Hudson River Sloop CLearwater which he co founded It worked to highlight pollution in the Hudson River and clean it. | |
| 239721408 | John McPhee | Was a writer who helped start the "new Journalism" in the 60s. Famous for his environmental books, "Animals of the former world," "The central of nature," "Coming into the country" | |
| 239721409 | Barry Commoner | American Biologist, college professor, adn ecosocialist; worte th eFour Laws of Ecology in 1971 he opposed nuclear testing | |
| 239721410 | Paul Erlich | Created the IPAT model; studided and wrote about the effects of overpopulation "The population Bomb" | |
| 239721411 | THomas Malthus | known for his thoeries about population. worte "And Essay on The Principle of Population" Became a hugely influential and controversial figure in economic, political, social, and scientific thought | |
| 239721412 | George Perkins Marsh | Remembered for his book "Man and Nature" It discussed humans as agents of global environmental change. | |
| 239721413 | Marjorie harris Carr | Strong Conservationist ; Long battle to stop the construction of the cross Florida barge Canal whcih threatened the surrounding ecosystem. Because of her, the project was eventually abandoned in 1971 | |
| 239721414 | Julian Simon | Known for his articles and books on mostly economic subjects. Worte a book " The ultimate resource" about the conventional wisdom about population growth. | |
| 239721415 | Upton Sinclair | An American author, achieved popularity after he wrote a novel called "The Jungle" exposed the bad conditions in the US Meat packing industry. Publicly uproar led to the "Pure FOod and Drug Act" and the Meat Inspection Act | |
| 239721416 | Ken Sara-Wiwa | Winner of the Right Livelihood Award and the Goldman Environmental Prize, He was a member of a Nigerian Village exploited for its oil reserves. The extraction created severe environmental problems for her village. Led to a non violent protest against the multinational petroleum Industry. | |
| 239721417 | Edward O Wilson | The father of Sociobiology. He studied the social behavior of many animals and argued that all animal behavior is the product of heredity, environmental stimuli, and past experiences. he believed that free will is an illusion. Specialized in ants. | |
| 239721418 | George Washington Carver | Promoted the farming of alternative crops besides cotton, such as peanuts, soybeans and sweet potatoes. believed growing multiple crops would help improve the nourishment of the families and the environment. Came up with 100 ways to use peanuts. | |
| 239721419 | john Jay Audubon | painted detailed pictures of birds in tehir natural habitat. His major work was a color plate book called 'The Birds of North America" It identified 25 new species and a number of sub species | |
| 239721420 | Matjorie Stoneman Douglas | defended the Everglades from being drained for land development. Wrote for the Miami Herald and a book called 'The everglades: river of grass" | |
| 239721421 | Lois Gibbs | discovered her son's elementary school in Niagra Falls New York was built on a toxic waste dump, Further investigation revealed her whole neighborhood had been built on it; caled the love canal. helped create the US Epa | |
| 239721422 | Julia Butterfly Hill | She spent 738 days living in a giant redwood tree. She named it Luna. In 1999, the Pacific Lumber company agreed to preserve Luna and all trees within a 200 foot buffer zone | |
| 239721423 | Ruth Patrick | She developed ways to measure the health of freshwater ecosystems and established a number of research facilities | |
| 239721424 | Lester Brown | He is a US Environmental analys, founder of the world watch institute,a nd founder and president of the Earth Policy Institute. He is the author and co author of over 50 books. | |
| 239721425 | Edward Abbey | American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues, criticism of public land policies, and anarchist policies and annarchist political views. he was an inspiration to a radical environmental group. | |
| 239721426 | Ted Turner | Largest privateLand owner before 2011 on which he raised bison. He thins out forests to avoid fires and conserves species such as bald eagles, coyotes, bison, ferrets, wolves, and red cockaded woodpecker. | |
| 239721427 | Lynn White Junior | He conjectured tha tthe Christian Middle Agess were the root of ecological crisis in the 20th century. His lecture, THe historical Roots of our Ecological Crisis. was published in the Journal of Science | |
| 239721428 | Paul Hawken | He dedicated his life to sustainability and changing the relationship between business asn the environment. His practice was included in starting and running ecological businesses, writing, and teaching about the impact of commerce on living systems and consulting with governments adn corporations on economic development, industrial ecology, and environmental policy. |
