Who are your favorite "environmental" heros?

Salmo trutta · 08-09-2006, 08:57 PM

I would say: Aldo Leopold, Teddy Roosevelt and Edward Abbey.
Living would be my good friend and fellow traditional bow hunter Dave Petersen.

pathetic novice · 08-09-2006, 10:02 PM

Ted Nugent and my dad.

elkslayer · 08-09-2006, 10:15 PM

Smokey the Bear "only i can prevent forest fires." Suprisingly with that advice I haven't managed to start one yet. :smile:

Opportunist · 08-10-2006, 12:39 AM

Salmo, Aren't the men you mentioned Conservationists? Not meaning to split hairs but the term "environmental hero" is fairly close to "environmentalist" and I would bet Teddy Roosevelt is rolling over in his grave right now to be compared to anything close to enviro's of today.

sliverpicker · 08-10-2006, 04:34 AM

Andy Kerr, Michael Scarpati(tre arrow), and Salmo Trutta. Not neccessarily in that order.

baltz526 · 08-10-2006, 05:28 AM

albert einstein, marie currie, and all the unsung heros at all the atomic research labratories around the world. to bad all the good ideas where turned toward destruction

duckdog310 · 08-10-2006, 06:50 AM

Izaak Walton and Aldo Leopold.

waterfowlin101 · 08-10-2006, 06:53 AM

Aldo Leopold was a great scientist and researcher, teacher and writer. He is a true hero. He taught us not only to observe what we see in our natural world, but to reflect upon it and learn from it.

He is the father of a science called "wildlife ecology", which basically takes all the sciences of forestry, agriculture, biology, zoology, ecology, education and communication and combines them in an effort to understand nature. He also taught us how to view the natural world as one being...interconnected beyond the realms of human concept. Through learning about the interconnectedness of the natural world, he hoped that one day humans would live in harmony with nature and each other.

Don't think that this guy wasn't a hunter either, or didn't condone hunting...because he very much did....he spent more time in the woods and praries than many of us dream of. But like many of us, it wasn't always about the kill, it was about getting outdoors, and being in touch with the nature, and though nature, being in touch with human emotions. He actually wrote a book called Game Management in 1933. Shortly after, departments of game management began to pop up in many states.

Aldo Leopold is a hero...

Jon

onstep · 08-10-2006, 07:05 AM

T.R.

Salmo trutta · 08-10-2006, 07:43 AM

What no one picked Al Gore?

MarshBum · 08-10-2006, 07:52 AM

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What no one picked Al Gore?

I've held off naming him since he's my favorite internet hero. No fair being a hero in two categories.

Geoff

Salmo trutta · 08-10-2006, 07:54 AM

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Salmo, Aren't the men you mentioned Conservationists? Not meaning to split hairs but the term "environmental hero" is fairly close to "environmentalist" and I would bet Teddy Roosevelt is rolling over in his grave right now to be compared to anything close to enviro's of today.

The kid down the street who cleaned up around the pond in the park is an "environmental hero"

I don't think think Theodore would be rolling over in his grave to be compared to today's environmentalists. He fought tooth and nail with the very extractive industries back then that environmentalists fight today to get land protections in place. If anything he'd be rolling over in his grave over what his political party devolved into.

Quack Attack · 08-10-2006, 08:13 AM

Aldo Leopold (In his later years of course)
Teddy Roosevelt
Gifford Pinchot
John Muir
Henry David Thoreau
That small group of conservationists that had a vision in 1937 to protect wetlands...

Just to name a few..

I also feel the same respect for those that would choose to do that in present day times, especially those that do it for altruistic purposes, like the kid mentioned above that cleaned the local pond.

crawdad · 08-10-2006, 08:43 AM

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I don't think think Theodore would be rolling over in his grave to be compared to today's environmentalists. He fought tooth and nail with the very extractive industries back then that environmentalists fight today to get land protections in place. If anything he'd be rolling over in his grave over what his political party devolved into.

uhmw · 08-10-2006, 09:12 AM

The spotted owl-

TroutGirl · 08-10-2006, 09:33 AM

Tom McCall
Barry Lopez
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All the folks that not only clean up their own mess, but as a matter of routine, just pickup what they encounter. All the folks that don't rely on someone else to fix it. All the folks that see something they care about and get involved.
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I think some of my biggest heroes are the folks that help with just communicating the story. Writers, reporters, movie makers that just tell us about it.

In this category, I would say Jennie makes a huge difference by running this website. There is so much information casually shared here, that is not in any newspaper, radio, or other news. I-fish and other bulletin boards are one of the biggest things in order to inform, educate, and motivate folks to help take care of beautiful Oregon.

Jennie and many others here, are real people, living real Oregon lives. They love what they inherited. They want to pass that on to the next generation. There are vigorous debates here. I sometimes agree with one side more than the other, we all do. But I do get my mind changed and ideas modified by what I read here. I know that underlying both sides is a sincere love of fish, game, and the things that they rely on. That makes this one of the best places in the world to hear about news, ideas, solutions, and the compromises of it all.

Hunt'nFish · 08-10-2006, 09:48 AM

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All the folks that not only clean up their own mess, but as a matter of routine, just pickup what they encounter. All the folks that don't rely on someone else to fix it. All the folks that see something they care about and get involved.

It irritates the hell out of me when I find trash just laying about because someone was too lazy to pick it up & pack it out themselves. Or I find someone has dumped a truck load of paint cans and motor oil up in the mountains.

The fella that stops and takes the time to pick it up and haul it out......those are my heros.

Although this Aldo Leopold guy sounds interesting. And of course I've always looked up to T.R. and the other wildlife conservation groups. ....and yes, even the Nature Conservany.

Cheers to all that preserve and protect.
Hunt'nFish

Weatherby · 08-10-2006, 10:14 AM

John Taylor and his double rifles...........fourty years walking Africa culling anything that got into his way !

I hate to packum so I dropum where I shootum.

Quaka Wacka · 08-10-2006, 10:37 AM

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Andy Kerr, Michael Scarpati(tre arrow), and Salmo Trutta. Not neccessarily in that order.

Now thats funny. I don't care who you are.

When I think enviornmentalist I think of the names above. Which are quite a contrasting view to those of T.R. I would also add the Nuge to the list. Also anybody who leaves it better than when they found it as well.

BrianMaguire · 08-10-2006, 12:45 PM

Pinchot, Kerr, and TR.

Jennie@ifish · 08-10-2006, 06:28 PM

Troutgirl, after a tough day, I thank you for your kind words. You have allowed me to go to bed and rest well, tonight.

That was a wonderful gift to me.
Thank you!
Jen

Snakebite · 08-10-2006, 07:15 PM

Tre Arrow advocates environmental terrorism. Who would call him a hero in their moral mind?

Irish Pennant · 08-10-2006, 07:26 PM

Interesting, I've never given it a second thought and really I cant relate heroism and an enviromental activist in the same catagory, its kinda like a baseball player going to battle to win a game. I guess we all choose our own heros and set our own standards. The grisly guy gave his life to the bears for what he believed but IMO he was a fool.

Bill Monroe · 08-10-2006, 07:34 PM

Most of those mentioned (yes, even Jennie

), but I'd add Rachel Carson (The Sea Around Us, Silent Spring)...
A latter day cross between Leopold and Thoreau.

duckboy · 08-10-2006, 09:32 PM

Lets here it for James Watt, Or Maybe George "Conservation" Bush!

Opportunist · 08-10-2006, 10:11 PM

The congressmen and president Lyndon B. Johnson that signed the wildernes act into law in 1964. In one peice of legislation protecting millions of acres for us to chase critters of all kinds and kill them.

Salmo, I still prefer the term "conservationists!" I just can't see Teddy Roosevelt riding around in a volkswagon bus with Aldo Leupold on their way to an Al Gore convention!