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	Gifford Pinchot - Search View - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Pinchot believed that forests and other natural resources should be protected from depletion through government regulation of commercial land use.
		During Taft's presidency, however, Pinchot felt that the government was moving away from the conservation strategies that he and Roosevelt had established.
		Pinchot filed charges against Richard Achilles Ballinger, Taft's secretary of the interior, accusing him of abandoning the nation's conservation policies.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761567677__1/Gifford_Pinchot.html (338 words)

	Gifford Pinchot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gifford graduated from Yale College in 1889, where he was a member of Skull and Bones and then studied as a postgraduate at the French National Forestry School for a year.
		Pinchot’s authority was substantially undermined by the election of President William Howard Taft in 1908.
		Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Washington, and Gifford Pinchot State Park in Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, are named in his honor, as is Pinchot Hall at Penn State University.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gifford_Pinchot (1418 words)

	PA Gifford Pinchot Roosevelt PROGRESSIVE U.S. Senate Hopeful 1914 (PINCHOT)
		Gifford Pinchot claimed that his father was responsible for bringing forestry to the United States; that was an exaggeration.
		Pinchot’s authority was substantially undermined by the election of President William Howard Taft in 1908.
		In 1930, Pinchot won a second term as governor, battling for regulation of public utilities, relief for the unemployed and construction of paved roads to "get the farmers out of the mud." This was the achievement he was most proud of.
	www.catgen.com /bandl/EN/100018739.html (1132 words)

	Gifford Pinchot - USFS History - Forest History Society
		Gifford Pinchot, was born on August 11, 1865, in Simsbury, Connecticut.
		Gifford Pinchot is generally regarded as the "father" of American conservation because of his great and unrelenting concern for the protection of the American forests.
		Gifford Pinchot wrote: "When I came home not a single acre of Government, state, or private timberland was under systematic forest management anywhere on the most richly timbered of all continents....When the Gay Nineties began, the common word for our forests was "inexhaustible." To waste timber was a virtue and not a crime.
	www.foresthistory.org /Research/usfscoll/people/Pinchot/Pinchot.html (737 words)

	Gifford Pinchot \| Pittsburgh Green Story
		Gifford Pinchot, America's first professionally trained forester and two-time governor of Pennsylvania, rose to national prominence as a conservationist in the administration of President Theodore Roosevelt.
		In 1898, Pinchot was appointed chief of the Division of Forestry (later the Bureau) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a recognition of his advanced training in forestry and the need to protect American forests.
		In 1922, Pinchot was elected governor of Pennsylvania.
	www.pittsburghgreenstory.org /html/pinchot.html (337 words)

	heritage: Gifford Pinchot
		Gifford Pinchot, America's first professionally trained forester, rose to national prominence as a conservationist and political progressive under the patronage of President Theodore Roosevelt.
		Pinchot supported the new party, which proposed such radical reforms as the regulation of child labor, a minimum wage for women, and unemployment insurance.
		Pinchot campaigned for women's right to vote; prohibition of the sale and use of alcoholic beverages; a graduated income tax-a tax to be determined by the ability to pay; workers' compensation for injuries on the job; recognition of labor unions for collective bargaining; and other radical-for-the-time reforms.
	www.depweb.state.pa.us /heritage/cwp/view.asp?a=3&q=444216 (1793 words)

	PHMC: Governors of Pennsylvania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Pinchot was determined to establish forestry as a legitimate profession, despite the fact that forestry was not a recognized profession at that time in the United States.
		Pinchot first expressed interest in running for governor in 1910, but he did not then meet Pennsylvania's minimum length of residency, which was seven years.
		Gifford Pinchot died on October 4, 1946, and is buried in Milford Cemetery, Pike County.
	www.phmc.state.pa.us /bah/dam/governors/pinchot.asp?secid=31 (1606 words)

	Gifford Pinchot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Pinchot, like Roosevelt, was a critic of Woodrow Wilson’s neutrality efforts, but became a firm supporter of the American war effort in 1917.
		Pinchot claimed that Ballinger was corrupted by coal interests in Alaska; moreover, he charged that Ballinger betrayed the conservationist legacy of Theodore Roosevelt by...
		Pinchot was the chief forester in Rooseveltâs presidency, and kept the position through some of Taftâs presidency, until a dispute was started between Pinchot and Taftâs secretary of the interior, Richard A. Ballinger.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h939.html (811 words)

	Internet Obituary Network, Obituary for Gifford Pinchot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Gifford Pinchot, the nation's first federal forester, died of leukemia October 4, 1946 at the age of 81.
		The pair is responsible for the ecologically-minded term "conservation." Pinchot continued pushing to educate Americans about conversation and sustainable forestry, and personally financed the highly-publicized 1908 Governors' Conference on Conservation, the first meeting to discuss conservation policy.
		Pinchot publicly protested his plans to turn Alaska's coal-containing forests over to private hands.
	obits.com /pinchot.html (583 words)

	Grey Towers National Historic Landmark - Local Links - Historical Information - Gifford Pinchot
		Gifford Pinchot was born at Simsbury, Connecticut, on August 11, 1865, in a house recently purchased by his grandfather, Amos R. Eno.
		Pinchot soon became a confidant and a member of the President's inner circle, advising him on all conservation questions and frequently writing his speeches and policy statements.
		Pinchot also served on a number of Roosevelt's commissions--Commission on the Organization of Government Scientific Work, the Commission on Public Lands, the Commission on Departmental Methods, the Inland Waterways Commission, and the Country Life Commission.
	www.fs.fed.us /na/gt/local-links/historical-info/gifford/gifford.shtml (1657 words)

	Pinchot, Gifford
		Pinchot died of leukemia in Milford in 1946.
		Gifford Pinchot, often called the Father of American Forestry, was raised in a small town in Pike County.
		From a literary perspective, Pinchot’s fame was widest during his days as a bureaucrat and a politician when he wrote scores of letters to newspapers across the country, taking bold moral stances on issues from women’s suffrage to regulating electric power.
	www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu /LitMap/bios/Pinchot__Gifford.html (1212 words)

	Gifford Pinchot-American Forester
		Gifford Pinchot was the first forester in America.
		Gifford was offered the job of managing the forests by George Vanderbilt and he accepted in December of 1891.
		Gifford decided he had worked for George so long that he was ready to start his own business and that’s just what he did.
	library.thinkquest.org /J0113170/pinchot.html (557 words)

	Review: The Conservation Diaries of Gifford Pinchot - Review: Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Pinchot was far ahead of his time, being one of the first to explore forest ecology and the relationships between such factors as grazing and forest fires.
		Pinchot was a key contributor to the women’s suffrage movement and women were among his strongest supporters in his race for Governor.
		Yet, Gifford Pinchot’s contribution to the quality of human life and environmental conservation are beyond measure and Miller’s outstanding book presents this case in a fast moving style that is easy to read.
	egj.lib.uidaho.edu /egj17/johnson2.html (1170 words)

	Gifford Pinchot Summary
		Pinchot was born in Simsbury, Connecticut, to a prosperous business and industrial family, part of whose wealth came from timber holdings in several states.
		As he grew older, Pinchot did become less utilitarian, creating what he called the "new conservationism," but even his "new" approach was an extension of his long-held conviction that the forests of the nation belonged first to the people, to be used by them wisely and in perpetuity.
		Pinchot claimed that his father was responsible for bringing forestry to the United States; that was an exaggeration.
	www.bookrags.com /Gifford_Pinchot (2952 words)

	Gifford Pinchot National Forest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gifford Pinchot National Forest is one of the older national forests in the United States.
		The forest was named after Gifford Pinchot, one of the leading figures in the creation of the national forest system of the United States.
		Gifford Pinchot National Forest is located in a mountainous region approximately between Mount St. Helens in the west, Mount Adams in the east, White Pass in the north, and the Columbia River in the south.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gifford_Pinchot_National_Forest (287 words)

	Gifford Pinchot: Celebrate the Maryland Forest Service Centennial
		Gifford Pinchot was an extraordinary man. Born to wealth and a family of culture and connections, he chose to forgo the path of business, so successfully followed by his father and grandfathers, to blaze new trails.
		Pinchot derived the name for his idea from "conservancy," the term for a large tract of forest land managed by a "conservator" in British India.
		Besley worked for Pinchot as a student assistant, graduated from the Yale School of Forestry, was appointed Maryland's first state forester in 1906, and went on to establish our state's system of forests and parks, mirroring in part Pinchot's work for the nation.
	www.dnr.state.md.us /centennial/GiffordPinchot_History.asp (2022 words)

	Gifford Pinchot Resources at Erratic Impact's Philosophy Research Base
		The Pinchot Institute For Conservation is an independent, non-profit organization committed to leadership in conservation thought, policy and action with a mission to advance the conservation of natural resources throughout the world.
		With executive offices in Washington, D.C., it’s home is the Pinchot estate where an inspirational environment allows for the exploration of new ideas in conservation and continues Gifford Pinchot's legacy of conservation through sustainable forest management.
		This aligns to the wishes of Pinchot's son, who donated the mansion and grounds to the Forest Service to further his father’s work.
	www.erraticimpact.com /~ecologic/html/pinchot.htm (355 words)

	Pinchot & Company - Gifford Pinchot Bio
		Pinchot and Company, the firm he leads, helps companies to reduce bureaucratic obstacles, and to design and implement more effective and sustainable business practices.
		Pinchot and Company audits and helps improve the environment for innovation, trains intrapreneurial teams to succeed, helps managers to be better sponsors of innovation, facilitates strategic and business planning meetings and designs reward systems more favorable to innovation and wise long-term management.
		Prior to forming Pinchot and Company, he was founding president of a management consulting company which specializes in innovating solutions to business growth problems.
	www.pinchot.com /MainPages/About/Bios/GiffordBio.html (366 words)

	Gifford Pinchot - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946, American forester and public official, b.
		He was dismissed (1910) by President Taft because he publicly criticized Secretary of Interior Richard A. Ballinger 's administration of coal lands in Alaska.
		Pinchot's dismissal helped widen the rift in the Republican party and the estrangement between President Taft and Theodore Roosevelt.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Pinchot.html (232 words)

	Pennsylvania State Parks - Gifford Pinchot - PA DCNR
		Gifford Pinchot State Park, a 2,338-acre full service park, is in northern York County along PA 177 between the towns of Rossville and Lewisberry.
		The park consists of reverting farm fields and wooded hillsides with the 340-acre Pinchot Lake serving as a prime attraction.
		Pinchot Lake is designated a big bass lake.
	www.dcnr.state.pa.us /stateparks/parks/giffordpinchot.aspx (2048 words)

	Pennsylvania Governors - Gifford Pinchot
		If Gifford Pinchot had not become governor, he would be still famous for his legacy for America's forests.
		James Pinchot was born in Milford and built the present Pinchot mansion there in 1886.
		On August 15, 1914, Pinchot married Cornelia Elizabeth Bryce (1881-1960), a native of Rhode Island and daughter of a wealthy journalist and politician, Lloyd Bryce.
	www.geocities.com /pagovs/Pinchot.html (763 words)

	Wildernet - Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington
		Attractions - The Gifford Pinchot National Forest is one of the oldest National Forests in the United States.
		The Gifford Pinchot is an excellent place for canoeing, kayaking, rafting, and other forms of boating.
		The Gifford Pinchot is headquartered in Vancouver, Washington.
	www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=0603&CU_ID=1 (2166 words)

	Gifford Pinchot
		Gifford Pinchot was one of America's leading advocates of environmental conservation at the turn of the twentieth century.
		It was at Grey Towers that James Pinchot first encouraged his son to explore the profession of forestry.
		National forest management was guided by Pinchot's principle, "the greatest good of the greatest number in the long run." His magnetic personal leadership inspired and ignited the new organization.
	www.planetecologie.org /ENCYCLOPEDIE/Pionniers/gp.htm (284 words)

	Gifford Pinchot (1865 - 1946) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Gifford Pinchot spent the summers of his early years wandering the forests and fishing the waters of his native Connecticut.
		Driven by the belief that sound forestry practices could both produce timber for the nation's needs and maintain the forest for future generations, the young Pinchot realized, however, that government intervention was necessary to stop the massive destruction of U.S. forests at the time.
		During his tenure as Chief Forester, Pinchot increased the number of national forests from 32 to 149, for a total of 193 million acres.
	www.woodmagazine.com /wood/printableStory.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/wood/story/data/72.xml&catref=wd12 (224 words)

	Gifford Pinchot National Forest, a Washington State Park
		The Gifford Pinchot National Forest is one of the oldest National Forests in the United States.
		It was renamed the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in 1949.
		Gifford Pinchot National Forest Pictures - A collection of pictures and information from Gifford Pinchot National Forest, located in SW Washington.
	www.stateparks.com /gifford_pinchot.html (1123 words)

	CD Baby: GIFFORD PINCHOT: 1910
		Gifford Pinchot is fronted by husband and wife songwriters Jesse and Stephanie King, Jesse on vocals/guitar and Stephanie on vocals/bass, and rounded out by longtime friend and drummer Josh Arnold.
		Gifford Pinchot plan to release the record in fall and follow it up with regional touring around the Northwest.
		Gifford Pinchot has turned the art of dynamics into a veritable science.
	cdbaby.com /cd/giffordpinchot (903 words)

	Pennsylvania State Parks - Gifford Pinchot Wildlife - PA DCNR
		The basis for the many habitats is diabase rock that underlies most of the park and was created when molten rock intruded the sandstone and melted it into a new kind of rock.
		Gifford Pinchot State Park is an area of forest surrounded by many farm fields and is a rest stop for many migrating forest birds.
		Pinchot Lake and its shoreline wetlands are a beacon that lures waterfowl by the thousands.
	www.dcnr.state.pa.us /stateparks/parks/giffordpinchot_wildlife.aspx (466 words)

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