![While obviously hunting endangered species is to be curtailed, some hunting actually saves species and can raise political awareness of and efforts for environmental conservation. Teddy Roosevelt was a famed hunter and because of - not in spite of - his passion for hunting, he created “the U.S. Forest Service and establish[ed] 51 Federal Bird Reservations, 4 National Game Preserves, 150 National Forests, 5 National Parks, and enabl[ed] the 1906 American Antiquities Act which he used to proclaim 18 National Monuments. During his presidency,Theodore Roosevelt protected approximately 230,000,000 acres of public land” (NPS).
The memoir, “Call of the Mild,” looks at exactly those issues for a liberal environmentalist who becomes a gun-owning hunter, and explores the devil in the details of a harmonious life on this planet.
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While obviously hunting endangered species is to be curtailed, some hunting actually saves species and can raise political awareness of and efforts for environmental conservation. Teddy Roosevelt was a famed hunter and because of - not in spite of - his passion for hunting, he created “the U.S. Forest Service and establish[ed] 51 Federal Bird Reservations, 4 National Game Preserves, 150 National Forests, 5 National Parks, and enabl[ed] the 1906 American Antiquities Act which he used to proclaim 18 National Monuments. During his presidency,Theodore Roosevelt protected approximately 230,000,000 acres of public land” (NPS).
The memoir, “Call of the Mild,” looks at exactly those issues for a liberal environmentalist who becomes a gun-owning hunter, and explores the devil in the details of a harmonious life on this planet.
Keep exploring.
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