<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> As the frontier moved westward and wildlife declined, the tireless Audubon drove himself to record its wonders</span> </span></p>
<p>At one time it was the largest cotton mill in the world. Now, in the name of progress, one of New England’s most historic and unusual urban areas is being carved into parking lots</p>
<p>These hardy Texas beasts with “too much legs, horns, and speed” had long since been replaced by stodgier breeds. Now they were facing extinction… </p>
<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> The Garden Club of America-once the diversion of leisured ladies—is now a vigorous environmental league</span> </span></p>
<p><span class="deck"> Every town you pass through has felt the impact of the modern historic-preservation movement. Now a founder of that movement discusses what is real and what is fake in preservation efforts.</span> </p>
<p><span class="deck">Ninety years ago, a high-born zealot named Gifford Pinchot knew more about woodlands than any man in America. What he <span class="typestyle"> did</span> about them changed the country we live in and helped define environmentalism. </span></p>
<p><span class="deck">American attitudes toward wetlands have taken a 180-degree turn over the last century, and so have the battles they provoke.</span></p>
<p><span class="deck">The naturalist Aldo Leopold not only gave the wilderness idea its most persuasive articulation; he offered a way of thinking that turned the entire history of land use on its head.</span></p>
<p><span class="deck"> As a Rough Rider in the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt’s attention to nature and love of animals were much in evidence, characteristics that would later help form his strong conservationist platform as president</span> </p>
<p>Famous writers including Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, and the Alcotts turned Sleepy Hollow Cemetery into our country’s first conservation project.</p>
