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| | Benton MacKaye - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | MacKaye (rhymes with eye) went to Harvard (B.A., 1900; M.A. School of Forestry, 1905), and had been on staff with a number of Federal bureaus and agencies, which included the U.S. Forest Service, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the U.S. Department of Labor, etc. He was a son of Steele MacKaye. |
 | | MacKaye pioneered the idea of land preservation for recreation and conservation purposes, and was a strong advocate of balancing human needs and those of nature. |
 | | The Benton MacKaye Trail, some portions of which coincide with the Appalachian Trail, is named after him. |
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