conservationist



Conservationist are people who favor the protection of our natural resources. Richard A. Ballinger opposed of conservationist policies in the west. On the other hand, Gifford Pinchot who was head of the U.S. Forest Service favored scientific management of the wilderness lands to allow preservation and development. Then the two were out into conflict over the matter. In the year of 1909 it was proved that Ballinger was selling government land in Alaska, that contained rich coal deposits.

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