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Theodore Roosevelt Background Info: Teddy was born in New York into a Dutch family. He had a lifelong interest in zoology since the age of 7. He loved the outdoors and made a makeshift museum of the animals and insects he caught. At age 18 he went to study at Harvard. After coming back from studying in Germany, Theodore became involved in Politics. He married and had a child, and a couple days after his child was born his wife and mother died in the same day. Because of this he moved into the badlands of Dakota Territory and had a passion for outdoor life. After a while he moved back to New York and became involved with politics once more. He was elected governor of New York later served as vice president and then President after the death of President McKinley.

Problem: President Roosevelt first stepped into the badlands in 1883, after the death of two loved ones. He traveled out west for the aspect of big game hunting; unfortunately by the time he arrived the last large herds of bison were no longer there. They’re sizes were greatly reduced because of hunters and the dieses they brought. He viewed all the wildlife in the area and became aware that the grasslands of the area were being severely overgrazed and many birds and small animals’ habitat were being affected. Conservation became one of Theodore’s main concerns.

Once Theodore became president he authorized the protection of wildlife and public lands by creating the Forest service. He also enabled the 1906 **American Antiquities Act** to protect 18 National Monuments. Part of his solution was to save 230,000,000 acres of public land. He thought that conserving the land of America was important because it was an invaluable sight to see."There can be nothing in the world more beautiful than the Yosemite, the groves of the giant sequoias and redwoods, the Canyon of the Colorado, the Canyon of the Yellowstone, the Three Tetons; and our people should see to it that they are preserved for their children and their children's children forever, with their majestic beauty all marred." Theodore Roosevelt

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