Swan: New book on kids and hunting Nov 4, 2009
It should also be read and seriously studied by the environmental movement, for as Eaton points out, the people who founded the conservation movement like Teddy Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot and Aldo Leopold, were all hunters. When environmentalists lose touch with their roots, they run the risk of being blown all over by the winds of thought generated by the media of the Information Age. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Guest Comment: Sending a message to the USDA Nov 3, 2009
Gifford Pinchot, Bull Moose Progressive, friend and colleague of Teddy Roosevelt and the first chief of the Forest Service, had this motto to guide his management of the national forests; the greatest good for the greatest number in the long run. I don t believe Chief Pinchot was thinking of the Canadians, their investors and China when he established this principle. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Phila.'s spooky Eastern State Penitentiary Oct 18, 2009
Throughout its 142 years as an active prison, Eastern State housed a number of noted inmates including the infamous Al Capone, bank robber "Slick" Willie Sutton and "Pep the Dog." Legend has it that Pep was sentenced to prison in 1924 by Gov. Gifford Pinchot for killing his wife's cat. Newspaper accounts, however, indicate that the governor donated his own dog to boost inmate morale. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The Best Place to Rent a Cabin at M... May 17, 2009
It is a small town of 1,000 people, near the Cowlitz River, in the vast wooded expanse of Gifford Pinchot National Forest. There are many rental cabins which are individually owned in the Packwood region, because the area is near the White Pass Ski Resort. (Suite101.com)
Third Parties from the GOP May 15, 2009
He then dismissed ardent conservationist Gifford Pinchot as Chief Forester. These actions combined angered some Republican senators and ex-president Theodore Roosevelt, who believed his were being undone by Taft. (Suite101.com)
California Fishy Tales Apr 28, 2009
Words like "sustainable," "endangered species," and "biodiversity" get used in many different ways to justify things that would make Teddy Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot and Aldo Leopold turn over in their graves. The striped bass population of San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento River has already dropped to a 1/3 of what it was a few years ago, at least in part due to water diversions and habitat destruction. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
State lawmakers consider minimum age for lone hunters Feb 15, 2009
A few months after Almli's death, Tacoma resident Juan Cortez was shot while picking bear grass in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest by a 55-year-old elk hunter. This example, opponents of the hunting regulation say, proves age isn't always what matters most when judging the safety of a hunter. (Longview Daily News, WA)
