I have another one. Brendan T. Byrne, governor of New Jersey from 1974 to 1982. He signed into legislation the Pinelands Protection Act, that we still have today, and without which our Pine Barrens as we know it would no longer exist. In 2002 in Governor Byrne's honor, Lebanon State Forest was renamed Brendan T. Byrne State Forest.
--- On Sun, 1/3/10, Edward Frank <[email protected]> wrote: From: Edward Frank <[email protected]> Subject: [ENTS] Environmental heroes To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, January 3, 2010, 2:30 PM _filtered #yiv1648835494 { font-family:Calibri;} _filtered #yiv1648835494 {margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} #yiv1648835494 P.MsoNormal { LINE-HEIGHT:115%;MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri", "sans-serif";FONT-SIZE:11pt;} #yiv1648835494 LI.MsoNormal { LINE-HEIGHT:115%;MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri", "sans-serif";FONT-SIZE:11pt;} #yiv1648835494 DIV.MsoNormal { LINE-HEIGHT:115%;MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri", "sans-serif";FONT-SIZE:11pt;} #yiv1648835494 A:link { COLOR:blue;TEXT-DECORATION:underline;} #yiv1648835494 SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR:blue;TEXT-DECORATION:underline;} #yiv1648835494 A:visited { COLOR:purple;TEXT-DECORATION:underline;} #yiv1648835494 SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR:purple;TEXT-DECORATION:underline;} #yiv1648835494 SPAN.EmailStyle17 { FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri", "sans-serif";COLOR:windowtext;} #yiv1648835494 .MsoChpDefault { } #yiv1648835494 DIV.Section1 { } Ed, I would like to add three others to your list. 1) Rachel Louise Carson (1907- 1964). Carson graduated from Pennsylvania College for Women (now Chatham College) in 1929, studied at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, and received her MA in zoology from Johns Hopkins University in 1932. After graduation she was hired by the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries. She wrote pamphlets on conservation and natural resources and edited scientific articles, but in her free time turned her government research into lyric prose, first as an article "Undersea" (1937, for the Atlantic Monthly), and then in a book, Under the Sea-Wind (1941). In 1952 she published her prize-winning study of the ocean, The Sea Around Us, which was followed by The Edge of the Sea in 1955. These books constituted a biography of the ocean and made Carson famous as a naturalist and science writer for the public. Carson resigned from government service in 1952 to devote herself to her writing. Disturbed by the profligate use of synthetic chemical pesticides after World War II, Carson reluctantly changed her focus in order to warn the public about the long term effects of misusing pesticides. In Silent Spring (1962) she challenged the practices of agricultural scientists and the government, and called for a change in the way humankind viewed the natural world. http://www.rachelcarson.org/Biography.aspx 2) Jacques Yves Cousteau (1910-1997) Jacques-Yves Cousteau was a French naval officer, explorer, ecologist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water. He co-developed the aqua-lung, (Yes he invented the Aqua-lung - not Jethro Tull) pioneered marine conservation and was a member of the Académie française. A cultivated explorer in the spirit of Jules Verne, he fed the public's taste for wonder. "One protects what one likes.", Cousteau repeated, "and one likes what enchanted us." As Cousteau's oceanographic and cinematographic campaigns took place over more than 50 years (1945–1997), he was able to measure the degradation of the in-situ mediums: the conqueror-explorer, sure of his technical prowess and finding it natural to drive out marine animals gradually morphed into an ardent conservationist who leveraged his worldwide notoriety to promote the idea of the Earth as a limited and fragile spaceship that needed to be preserved. He was the only non-politician to take part in the 1992 Rio Summit. The impossible missions are the only ones which succeed. - Jacques Cousteau 3) Steve Irwin (1962 - 2006) This might seem a strange choice, but in spite of the parodies of his style and accent he made a remarkable impact on the general public in terms of conservation values in general and for reptiles in particular. Nicknamed "The Crocodile Hunter", was an iconic Australian television personality, wildlife expert, and conservationist. He achieved worldwide fame from the television program The Crocodile Hunter, an internationally broadcast wildlife documentary series co-hosted with his wife Terri Irwin. Together, they also co-owned and operated Australia Zoo, founded by his parents in Beerwah, Queensland. He died in 2006 after being fatally pierced in the chest by a stingray barb while filming in Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship MV Steve Irwin was named in his honor, christened by his wife Terri, who said "If Steve were alive, he'd be aboard with them!" Irwin was a passionate conservationist and believed in promoting environmentalism by sharing his excitement about the natural world rather than preaching to people. He was concerned with conservation of endangered animals and land clearing leading to loss of habitat. He considered conservation to be the most important part of his work: "I consider myself a wildlife warrior. My mission is to save the world's endangered species."[14] Irwin bought "large tracts of land" in Australia, Vanuatu, Fiji and the United States, which he described as "like national parks" and stressed the importance of people realizing that they could each make a difference. Edward Frank http://nature-web-network.blogspot.com/ http://primalforests.ning.com/ http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=709156957 -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected]
