Word: conservationists
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...doves and the accolades they generate are right down the presidential flyway these days, but whooping cranes are birds of a different feather. Else why did Jimmy Carter look so dubious last week when presented with a miniature replica of that endangered species by the National Wildlife Federation as "Conservationist of the Year"? Whatever he felt about the whooper, Carter appreciated the award, which recognized his support for environmental protection and recreation. The President boasted of his prowess as "hunter, fisherman, canoeist, hiker, camper and lately cross-country skier...
Alaska Lands. A bill to protect some 100 million acres in Alaska against commercial exploitation died when Alaska Democratic Senator Mike Gravel, an all-or-nothing conservationist, walked out on meetings seeking a compromise between a strong House bill and a weaker measure in the Senate. The fight is expected to be joined again in the next Congress. But Congress did approve a $1.2 billion parks bill-dubbed "parksbarrel" by opponents-authorizing more than 128 projects from New Jersey to California...
...others: former Vice President Nelson, 70; Conservationist Laurance, 68; Banker David, 63; and former Governor of Arkansas Winthrop, who died...
Henry Beetle Hough, L.H.D., publisher and journalist. Country editor, essayist, and pioneer conservationist, yours has been a lifetime of striving to preserve the best in man and nature...
...perched like a gargoyle on a precipice. The eagle was not the only acquaintance Andrus renewed on the trip, which was organized by a private, nonprofit group called the Nature Conservancy to bring attention to the encroachments of civilization on the Snake. Earlier that day, the Secretary and Actor-Conservationist Robert Redford, a longtime ally who joined Andrus on the trip, had watched as a pair of prairie falcons performed aerobatics against a background of vertical cliffs. Later the two strolled along the riverbank and discussed, among other things, the need for educating Americans to appreciate the value of their...