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Early life
[[File:Gifford Pinchot.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Gifford Pinchot]]
[[File:Gifford Pinchot.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Gifford Pinchot]]
'''Gifford Pinchot''' (1865-1946) was America's most prominent forester and conservationist in the [[Progressive Era]] in the early 20th century, as well as a Pennsylvania politician. He was, with [[Theodore Roosevelt]], the leading conservationist of his era, strongly promoting the optimal efficient use of natural resources, without waste. He opposed the extreme from of nature worship typified by [[John Muir]] and the [[Sierra Club]]. Pinchot favored and Muir opposed commercial development of natural resources, such as rivers and forests.
'''Gifford Pinchot''' (1865-1946) was America's most prominent forester and conservationist in the [[Progressive Era]] in the early 20th century, as well as a Pennsylvania politician. He was, with [[Theodore Roosevelt]], the leading conservationist of his era, strongly promoting the optimal efficient use of natural resources, without waste. He opposed the extreme from of nature worship typified by [[John Muir]] and the [[Sierra Club]]. Pinchot favored and Muir opposed commercial development of natural resources, such as rivers and forests.
==Early life==
He was born on August 11, 1865, to James and Mary Eno Pinchot.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=SBO8BwAAQBAJ&pg=PR11 Breaking New Ground]</ref>
==Progressivism==
==Progressivism==