Era
Conservation Visionary Assignment (10 points)
Conservation
Report on
Report on their
Visionary
Person
Writing *(Primary
*(Secondary
Source)
Source)
The Road to the Americas
(before 1500)
Era of Abundance: The Colonial
Period (1500s, 1600s)
Era of Exploitation: Westward
Expansion (1700s – mid 1800s)
Era of
Preservation/Conservation
Impulses: Changing View of
Natural Resources (mid 1800s)
Era of Human Management:
Evolving Methods of Natural
Resource Stewardship:
Preservation and Conservation
(late 1800s to 1960s)
George Catlin
Erik K.
Greg (Ch.4)
Henry David
Thoreau
Matt.
Brad (Ch. 5)
George Perkins
Marsh
Heather
Tim (Ch. 6)
Frederick Law
Olmsted
John N.
Kit (Ch. 7)
John Muir
Eric
Kellina (Ch. 15)
Gifford Pinchot
Ben
Luke W. (Ch. 11)
Theodore Roosevelt
Lauren
Suzanne (C. 13)
Robert Marshall
Justin
Jon R. (Ch. 25)
Aldo Leopold
Mike
Jeff (Ch. 27)
Rachel Carson
Eric A.
Colleen (Ch. 30)
Paul Ehrlich
Luke H.
Patrick (Ch. 32)
Due
Date
Tues.
9/27
Thurs.
9/29
Era of Multiple Use and
Edward O. Wilson
Jared (Ch. 48)
Thurs.
Ecosystems Management
9/29
(1960s to present)
*Secondary Source: Find a source/sources of your choice; in the library or on-line; tell us about
your visionary: who were they?
*Primary Source: Go to the Reserve Desk at the Library and request REC 3330/Ernst “American
Environmentalism”; read your corresponding chapter; tell us about their writing: what
message were they communicating?
*Your Assignment: An Oral Report Shared in Class on Assigned Due Date (see above); your report
should be 3-5 minutes