Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher 'standard of living' is worth its cost in things natural, wild, and free. For us of the minority, the... EPA Journal - Page 591992Full view - About this book
| 1982 - 780 pages
....Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for grunted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher 'standard...worth its cost in things natural, wild, and free. Aldo Leopold in A Sand County Almanac, 1948 Photo courtesy of Forus. Great Lakes Water Quality. International... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs - 1957 - 466 pages
...amid his beloved Sierra peaks. And in a more recent day Aldo Leopold has set forth his belief that "the opportunity to see geese is more important than television, and the chance to see a pasque-flower is a right as inalienable as free speech." Such men have spoken for more of us... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs - 1959 - 880 pages
...Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher standard...pasque-flower Is a right as inalienable as free speech. I would only like to add that those of us who cannot live without occasional contacts with wilderness... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs - 1963 - 294 pages
...Like winds and sunsets wild things are taken for granted until progress begins to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher standard...free. For us of the minority, the opportunity to see wild geese is more important than television and the chance to find a wild flower is a right as inalienable... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Interior and Insular Affairs - 1963 - 290 pages
...Like winds and sunsets wild things are taken for granted until progress begins to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher standard...free. For us of the minority, the opportunity to see wild geese is more important than television and the chance to find a wild flower is a right as inalienable... | |
| United States. President's Council on Recreation and Natural Beauty - 1968 - 330 pages
...winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Mow we face the question whether a still higher 'standard of living' is worth its cost in things, wild, and free. ALDO LEOPOLD What the inner -city child calls home is often a set of rooms shared by... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works - 1978 - 1810 pages
...things were taken for granted until progress began to do auay with them. Now we face the question of whether a still higher 'standard of living' is worth...Its cost in things natural, wild and free. For us in the minority (no longer true) the opportunity to see geese Is more Important than television, and... | |
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