Environmental Prophets

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Environmental Prophets

• John Muir
• Aldo Leopold
• Rachel Carson

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John Muir Preservationist

• Born in Scotland 1838
• Came to WI as boy
• Worked very hard farmsteading with his father
• Loved being outside in nature
• Very creative, many inventions

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John on His Own

• His father was very hard to live with
• Some inventions were shown at WI state fair
• He attended UW
• Got a job helping run a small factory

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Muir Study Table Invention
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Wisconsin to California

• Injured when file pierced his eye
• Swore hed give life to Gods Creation (Nature)
  if sight returned
• Spent 6 years reading,writing studying in
  Yosemite

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Fought for Wilderness

• Founded Sierra Club
• Wanted National Park System
• Fought for preservation of wilderness areas
• Tried to stop Hetch-Hetchy dam project
• Died in 1914

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Aldo Leopold The Land Ethic

• Born in Iowa 1886
• Yale Forestry M.S.
• U.S. Forest Service
• Gila Wilderness Area
• Forest Products Lab Madison
• UW Game Management
• Wrote A Sand County Almanac

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Leopolds Youth

• Grew up in mansion on Mississippi River
• Father was from upper class in Germany Owned
  furniture co.
• Spent a lot of time outdoors
• Loved hunting/fishing/nature
• Very good student

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Education Jobs

• Yale University Forestry Degree
• 1st job U.S. Forest Service N. Mexico
• Concerned About Loss of Wilderness
• Became Very Sick After Sleeping Outside in Rain
• Came Home Got Job _at_ Forest Products Lab

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Life in Wisconsin

• Started Game Mgmt. Dept. at UW
• Wrote Textbooks
• Raised Family Lived in Madison
• Bought Run-Down Farm Outside Baraboo

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The Land Ethic Philosophy

• Decided to Try Experiment on Old Farm
• Planted 1,000s of Trees
• Fixed up Old Chicken Coup as Cabin
• Spent Free Time with Family at The Shack
• Wrote A Sand County Almanac
• Died of Heart Attack Fighting Fire _at_ Neighbors
  1948

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Rachel Carson Silent Spring

• Born 1907 Penn.
• Began Writing Books as a Child
• Loved the Ocean
• Authored Many Best Sellers
• Concerned About Pesticide Overuse
• Silent Spring 1962

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Professional Biologist

• Earned Two Biology Degrees
• Job With Bureau of US Fisheries
• Researched Oceanography Marine Biology
• Book The Sea Around Us Bestseller for 86 Weeks

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DDT Food Web

• A Friend Asked Her To Help Investigate Bird
  Deaths
• Researched DDTs Environmental Effects
• Was Discredited by Chemical Company
• How Can A Woman Be a Good Scientist?

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Silent Spring

• Worked on Silent Spring for Years
• Received Pressure From Chemical Companies to Be
  Quiet
• Finally Published Book
• Was Commended by President Kennedy
• Died of Breast Cancer 1964

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• Power Point Presentation by
• Harvey S. Hayden, IV
• M.S. Resource Management , 1991. University of
  Wisconsin - Stevens Point.
• Science Dept. Chair
• Lincoln High School
• Wisconsin Rapids, WI