| Book Review | Environmental History, 10.2

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Book Review

Conservation in the Progressive Era: Classic Texts. Edited by David Stradling. Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classic Series, Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2004. xii + 110 pp. Notes, bibliographic essay, index. Paper $12.95.
More than a century after the birth of conservation, America still debates its basic definition and how various national political movements have handled it. Environmental dilemmas such as waste, pollution, resource exhaustion, and sustainability continue to challenge us today. The Progressive Era includes the years from the ending decade of the nineteenth century into the first decade of the twentieth century.	1
Much of the earlier discussion about conservation occurred during the Progressive Era with such men as Gifford Pinchot and John Muir carrying flags for the causes they felt were important; utility conservation for Pinchot and preservation for Muir. Papers are presented by both men. Pinchot's "Principles of Conservation," and Muir's "Hetch Hetchy Valley" are presented as both the beginning and ending essays.	. . .

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