Stupid Conservation: A Narrative Fiction

Stegner wants to conserve the untouched land because he fears a world with no silence. He argues for the preservation of Robbers’ Roost country, as an example, “It is a lovely and terrible wilderness, such as wilderness as Christ and the prophets went out into… Save a piece of country like that intact, and it does not matter in the slightest that only a few people every year will go into it. That is precisely its value (Stegner, Wilderness Letter).” Saving the untouched lands, he contends, is a reminder of how uncontrolled the Earth is and how timeless it remains. Others disagree with this viewpoint, one of those people being American forester, Gifford Pinchot. In his writing “The Fight for Conservation,” Pinchot argues that conservation

In his speech, Conservation as a National Duty, Theodore Roosevelt asserts his passion for conservation and preservation onto a group of governors, statesmen, and conservationists. Throughout his message, he details several reasons for the nation to stop wasting natural resources and begin conserving them. He also states that the question of the conservation and use of the great fundamental sources of wealth, of this nation is second only to the question of morality.

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The Progressive Era was a period of social activism and political reform that grew from the 1890s to the 1920s. Social reformers and journalists, like Jane Addams, Jacob Riis, and Ida Tarbell were some of the powerful voices for progressivism. “They concentrated on exposing the evils of corporate greed, combating fear of immigrants, and urging Americans to think hard about what democracy meant.” Many progressive reformers wanted to end corruption in the government, regulate business practices, address health hazards, and improve working conditions. It was also an era of conservationists. Conservationists are people who protect and preserve the environment and wildlife. Throughout the Progressive Era, there were many conservationists who wrote and described nature, but the most well-known figure in conservation was John Muir. John Muir worked to protect Earth’s beauty by traveling and exploring nature, co-founding the Sierra Club, and by influencing others through his writings and by showing some of the most important people how the wildlife was magnificent.

Conservation was the most important reform, from this time period, since it worked towards protecting the United State’s physical environment which leads to obtaining the essential resources of nature, preserving the naturality of the planet, and living a higher quality of life.

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Arguments aren't always a bad thing. As Stuart Greene once said," Arguments are like conversations," what he means is that we take an issue, choose a side, and back it up with evidence to get our points across in order to inform others. Which is exactly what Scott Russel Sanders does in his Novel "A Conservationist Manifesto", Sanders tries to inform the public as much as he can of how we are contributing to harming the environment and why we should take a stand in order to protect it. The novel is comprised of 15 essays, the essays range from criticism of capitalism to the idea of returning to the olden days of being Quakers. The essays tie back to the main idea, that it is ultimately down to each individual to make a difference.

During the mid 1800's the famous Central Missouri Pacific railroad was being constructed. It covered nearly 1,500 miles and took more than 20,000 workers to build, over the span of 6 years. There are many interviews, articles, and books about the process of building this monumental railroad, such as, Samuel Bowel's book, The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, and the first hand account from John Grosvenor, who worked on the railroad. The description from The Evolution of the Conservation Movement is very different from the first hand account of John Grosvenor, but they are also similar in many ways not noticed by most.

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“. . . All right, but I really can’t stay for long.” I decided to go rather than die from pneumonia.

The struggle between providing for California’s burgeoning population and the corresponding increase pressure on California’s ever shrinking pristine natural wonders and natural resources has been a constant clash between the forces of big business and conservation activism. However, the outcomes of these many battles have increasingly favored the side of economics over nature. The trend that becomes clear is that the will of the businessmen have been prevailing over the concerns of the conservationists more and more. What are the forces that are pushing the pendulum closer and closer towards the desires of industry? By examining the history of this conflict between these two factions, it will become clear how one has had progressively more of an advantage over the other. Today, the main reason that industry’s goals almost always prevails over conservation’s efforts is economics and what an advantage in economics can buys one politically. Economic interests will predominately have ever-increasing priority over environmental interest as long as money is considered speech and corporations are people; therefore, the most pragmatic solution that would allot conservation groups with an equal voice in the political process with business is to call for an Article V Constitutional Convention to pass an amendment to permanently get money out of politics nationwide.

Ethical restoration has been a controversial topic in environmental ethics over the last couple of decades. Its premise is simple, rebuild or relocate ecosystems that have been destroyed by human development. Many believe it is paramount to build a connection between humans and nature, but there are others who argue its just another form of anthropocentric behavior. Eric Katz rejects ethical restoration in his piece, “The Big Lie: Human Restoration of Nature”. He argues ethical restoration is just another artifact created by humans. When humans create an ecosystem, they really mean to control it and therefore dominate the environment. I argue against this point. Humans are actually just modifying their surroundings like every other natural entity, and while it appears to be domination, it actually is not. My paper will be split between two views, first I will give the view of Katz in his paper, then I will give my critique, then a possible counter argument of his, and finally my counter argument. Ethical restoration can not be considered morally wrong because it is a natural phenomena for humans to affect their nature and it is helpful to the environment.

Forest Conservation in Canada Forests are an integral part in the daily operations because they attract ran and provide a home for wildlife. Trees are also water catchment areas, which underlines the importance of their conservation. The scenery is also enhanced when forests are conserved. In Canada, protection and conservation are taken seriously. The country has more sustainable practices in the management of forests than any other country in the world.

I personally believe that everyone has different experiences in their environment. Experiences vary due to the fact that people have different values, especially when it comes to interactions with our natural world. It is important to have or encourage a greater diversity and identity in the conservation workforce because they allow us to see the problem in more than one way, meaning that diversity and identity add perspectives not usually considered. Lacking greater diversity and identity reduce our chance to solve problems in an efficient manner and it also predicts where we spend time and money. Diverse conservation values would enrich different ways of thinking on an issue and diversify the audience. For instance, most of the people are

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