“IT IS EVIDENT THAT NATURAL RESOURCES ARE NOT LIMITED BY THE BOUNDARY LINES WHICH SEPARATE NATIONS, AND THAT THE NEED FOR CONSERVING THEM UPON THIS CONTINENT IS WIDE AS THE AREA UPON WHICH THEY EXIST.”
By current conservationist standards, TR probably left a lot to be desired … yet through his appreciation of all forms of wildlife and the work he undertook to expose more people to all of nature’s wonderment, our current “blood-free” policies were made possible.