“The first principle of conservation is development, the use of the natural resources now existing on this continent for the benefit of the people who live here now.”

About Gifford Pinchot

Conservationist • American

Gifford Pinchot was a pioneering American forester and politician who served as the first Chief of the United States Forest Service from 1905 to 1910. Appointed by his close friend President Theodore Roosevelt, Pinchot...