Theodore Roosevelt & Nature: TR Was A Birder Who Saved The Grand Canyon

[basquebromance]

leave it as it is. Arizona has a natural wonder which is unparalleled in the rest of the world. one can not improve it. just admire it!

 

[whitehall]

The once mighty Colorado river that made the Grand Canyon is a tamed stream today.

 

[Oddball]

Nobody needed to "save" the Grand Canyon...Its topography is near totally undevelopable.

 

[BlackFlag]

leave it as it is. Arizona has a natural wonder which is unparalleled in the rest of the world. one can not improve it. just admire it!

If they discover oil or some shit under it then it will eventually be destroyed

 

[basquebromance]

on a wintry morning in 1903, Roosevelt arrived at WH cabinet meeting unexpectedly and with great exhuberance. all eyes were on TR, who was quaking like a dervish. something clearly of importance had happened. they leaned forward bracing for the world. war?

"gentlemen do you know what happened this morning...just now i saw a greenish yellow warbler and its only February" - he bellowed...the sigh of relief was palpable

 

[basquebromance]

Theodore Roosevelt was never a fan of idle vacations. Whether ranching in the Dakotas, cougar hunting in Arizona, or going on a yearlong safari in Africa, his travels had always involved hardship and risk—two of the key components of what he once famously termed the “strenuous life.” It was 1909, when then ex-President Teddy Roosevelt went on his own safari to eastern Africa, while there he and his son managed to hunt over 500 animals. Many of the animals Roosevelt collected were donated to scientists or used as taxidermy specimens for the Smithsonian — the safari was officially known as the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition.

 

[basquebromance]

"Believe you can and you're halfway there" - TR...MONDAY MOTIVATION!

 

[basquebromance]