Progressive Movement : Gifford Pinchot

Gifford Pinchot- Key Person, Progressive Movement

 Gifford Pinchot was appointed the leader of the United States Forestry Service by Theodore Roosevelt when it was established in 1905. He was close friends with Roosevelt, being the way he received the job. As Roosevelt, Pinchot believed that the sciences that have been applied to cities and industries be used in the landscape to preserve it. Under Pinchot regulations were passed against lumber companies controlling lumbering on federal lands. Roosevelt also added over 100 million acres to the protected national forests, and established 5 new national parks and 51 federal preserves