I interviewed Tim Aldrich, who is retired after working for 37 years in the U.S. Forest Service Administration. He said the 1960s were a pivotal time for the environment, because prior to then there was almost unchecked logging, mining, and so on. But with the Winderness Act, the National Forest Management Act and the National Environmental Policies Act… things started to change. Aldrich added that his own desire to help the environment came from his father, who was a staunch environmentalist long before it was cool to be an environmentalist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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