Gifford Pinchot
Gifford Pinchot
Gifford Pinchotwas an American forester and politician. Pinchot served as the first Chief of the United States Forest Service from 1905 until his firing in 1910, and was the 28th Governor of Pennsylvania, serving from 1923 to 1927, and again from 1931 to 1935. He was a member of the Republican Party for most of his life, though he also joined the Progressive Party for a brief period...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 August 1865
CountryUnited States of America
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It means that the market for our graduates is getting much, much better.
Conservation is the foresighted utilization, preservation and/or renewal of forests, waters, lands and minerals, for the greatest good of the greatest number for the longest time.
It is a greater thing to be a good citizen than to be a good Republican or a good Democrat,
Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men
A vision is not a vision unless it says yes to some ideas and no to others, inspires people and is a reason to get out of bed in the morning and come to work.
The object of our forest policy is not to preserve the forests because they are beautiful-or because they are refuges for the wild creatures of the wilderness-but the making of prosperous homes-every other consideration becomes secondary.
Unless we practice conservation, those who come after us will have to pay the price of misery, degradation, and failure for the progress and prosperity of our day
Conservation is the application of common sense to the common problems for the common good.
The goal of coaching is not in fixing what is broken, but in discovering new talents and new ways to use old talents that lead to far greater effectiveness.
World-wide practice of Conservation and the fair and continued access by all nations to the resources they need are the two indispensable foundations of continuous plenty and of permanent peace
I have been governor every now and then, but I am a forester all the time.
If you aren't getting flak, you aren't over the target.
In the old world that is passing, in the new world that is coming, national efficiency has been and will be a controlling factor in national safety and welfare
The outgrowth of conservation, the inevitable result, is national efficiency