"The extermination of the buffalo has been..." - Quote by Theodore Roosevelt
The extermination of the buffalo has been a veritable tragedy of the animal world.
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“The immediate need for education and practice in using our natural resources of soil, forest, water, wildlife and areas of inspirational beauty to the best advantage of all, for this generation and others to come, is again apparent to every observant citizen.”
“Something cannot be made out of nothing. Nor can something be made to go back to nothing.”
“We are consuming our forests three times faster than they are being reproduced. Some of the richest timber lands of this continent have already been destroyed, and not replaced, and other vast areas are on the verge of destruction. Yet forests, unlike mines, can be so handled as to yield the best results of use, without exhaustion, just like grain fields.”