Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword Revisiting Origins: Questions That Won’t Go Away vii
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part 1 DEFINING AND DEBATING CONSERVATION
7. Introduction 17
8. Principles of Conservation 19
9. Special Message from the President of the United States 23
10. The Miracle of Irrigation 28
11. What Is Meant by Conservation? 32
12. The Other Side Of Conservation 35
13. Another National Blunder 39
14. Part 2 PERSPECTIVES ON WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
15. Introduction 43
16. American Game Protection: A Sketch 45
17. Keep on Pedaling! 49
18. Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation 51
19. The Education of a Young Pioneer in the Northern Adirondacks 53
20. Part 3 THE UTILITY OF “CONSERVATION”
21. Introduction 57
22. Conservation of Our Natural Resources 59
23. Shall We Have Ugly Conservation? 61
24. Civic Improvement 64
25. National Vitality, Its Wastes and Conservation 66
26. Conservation By Sanitation: Air and Water Supply, Disposal of Waste 70
27. Part 4 SMOKE AND CONSERVATION IN THE CITY
28. Introduction 73
29. An Address on the Smoke Problem 75
30. Smoke Abatement in St. Louis 78
31. The Cure for the Smoke Evil 80
32. Smoke Abatement: A Report on Recent Investigations Made at Washington University 82
33. Part 5 CONSERVATION, PRESERVATION, AND HETCH HETCHY
34. Introduction 85
35. Water Supply for the Cities About the Bay of San Francisco 87
36. Proposed Destruction Of Hetch-Hetchy 91
37. Hetch Hetchy Valley 94
38. Bibliographical essay 103
39. Index 107