Conservation in the progressive era : classic texts / edited by David Stradling ; foreword by William Cronon.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1 DEFINING AND DEBATING CONSERVATION -- "Principles of Conservation" -- "Special Message from the President of the United States" -- "The Miracle of Irrigation" -- "What Is Meant by Conservation?" -- "The Other Side of Conservation" -- "Another National Blunder" -- Part 2 PERSPECTIVES ON WILDLIFE CONSERVATION -- "American Game Protection: A Sketch" -- "Keep on Pedaling!" -- Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation -- "The Education of a Young Pioneer in the Northern Adirondacks"

Part 3 THE UTILITY OF "CONSERVATION" -- "Conservation of Our Natural Resources" -- "Shall We Have Ugly Conservation?" -- "Civic Improvement" -- "National Vitality, Its Wastes and Conservation" -- Conservation by Sanitation: Air and Water Supply, Disposal of Waste -- Part 4 SMOKE AND CONSERVATION IN THE CITY -- "An Address on the Smoke Problem" -- "Smoke Abatement in St. Louis" -- "The Cure for the Smoke Evil" -- "Smoke Abatement: A Report on Recent Investigations Made at Washington University" -- Part 5 CONSERVATION, PRESERVATION, AND HETCH HETCHY.

"Water Supply for the Cities About the Bay of San Francisco" -- "Proposed Destruction of Hetch-Hetchy" -- "Hetch Hetchy Valley" -- Bibliographical Essay -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

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