Ed, ENTS. In our local Asheville Area, Dixie Deerman would be considered a local envronmental hero to many. Her and her group saved an old magnolia from being destroyed. I meant to go up and meet her when all of this was going on but never got out that way. She stayed with the tree for months at a time. It was all over the local news.
http://aroundasheville.blogspot.com/2007/07/save-ashevilles-magnolia-tree.html James P. On Jan 3, 5:30 pm, "Edward Frank" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]
