List of environmental contributors
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This is a list of persons vital in some way of making a contribution toward the protection of the environment. Some where active in conservation, others where active in creating public awareness. | This is a list of persons vital in some way of making a contribution toward the protection of the environment. Some where active in conservation, others where active in creating public awareness. | ||
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| - | * [[Ansel Adams]] | + | * [[Ansel Adams]] - - painter |
| - | * [[Gearge Perkins March]] | + | * [[Benjamin Franklin]] - ''(1706-1790)'' - fought against water pollution |
| - | * [[Gifford Pinchot]] | + | * [[John James Audubon]] - ''(1785-1851)'' - painter |
| - | * [[Theodore Roosevelt]] | + | * [[Gearge Perkins March]] - ''(1801-1882)'' - farmer, linguist |
| - | * [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] | + | * [[Gifford Pinchot]] - ''(1865-1946)'' - 1st head of US Forest Service |
| - | * [[John Muir]] - ''(1838-1914)'' | + | * [[George Washington Carver]] - ''(1865-1943)'' - renewable bioenergy systems |
| - | * [[Aldo Leopold]] - ''(1886-1948)'' | + | * [[Theodore Roosevelt]] - ''(1858-1919)'' - US president |
| - | * [[Wallace Stegner]] - ''(1909-1993)'' | + | * [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] - ''(1882-1945)'' - US president |
| - | * [[Rachel Carson]] - ''(1907-1964)'' | + | * [[John Muir]] - ''(1838-1914)'' - conservationist, founded Sierra Club |
| - | * [[Paul Ehrlich]] | + | * [[Aldo Leopold]] - ''(1886-1948)'' - biologist |
| - | * [[Denis Hayes]] | + | * [[Wallace Stegner]] - ''(1909-1993)'' - writer |
| - | * [[Gaylord nelson]] | + | * [[Rachel Carson]] - ''(1907-1964)'' - writer |
| - | + | * [[Paul Ehrlich]] - - writer | |
| + | * [[Denis Hayes]] - - founded Earth Day | ||
| + | * [[Gaylord nelson]] - - senator, founded Earth Day | ||
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Revision as of 16:41, 25 January 2006
This is a list of persons vital in some way of making a contribution toward the protection of the environment. Some where active in conservation, others where active in creating public awareness.
- Ansel Adams - - painter
- Benjamin Franklin - (1706-1790) - fought against water pollution
- John James Audubon - (1785-1851) - painter
- Gearge Perkins March - (1801-1882) - farmer, linguist
- Gifford Pinchot - (1865-1946) - 1st head of US Forest Service
- George Washington Carver - (1865-1943) - renewable bioenergy systems
- Theodore Roosevelt - (1858-1919) - US president
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt - (1882-1945) - US president
- John Muir - (1838-1914) - conservationist, founded Sierra Club
- Aldo Leopold - (1886-1948) - biologist
- Wallace Stegner - (1909-1993) - writer
- Rachel Carson - (1907-1964) - writer
- Paul Ehrlich - - writer
- Denis Hayes - - founded Earth Day
- Gaylord nelson - - senator, founded Earth Day
