In the 1920s, a Yale-trained forester shot a wolf in the Arizona desert: What he saw next changed conservation forever
- In the early years of the 20th century, conservation in the United States was still taking shape as a profession rather than a philosophy.
- Forests were being mapped, species counted, land divided into managed zones with a confidence that nature could be organised if only enough data were gathered.
- Among the young men entering that system was a forester who had been trained at Yale and posted to the American Southwest.
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- In the early years of the 20th century, conservation in the United States was still taking shape as a profession rather than a philosophy.
- Forests were being mapped, species counted, land divided into managed zones with a confidence that nature could be organised if only enough data were gathered.
- Among the young men entering that system was a forester who had been trained at Yale and posted to the American Southwest.
Sources: Times of India