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Hunters were the first American conservationists with any success.
by nerdponx 5y ago
Hunters were the first American conservationists with any success.
- paulryanrogers 5y agoIn the sense that they destroyed most megafauna within a few centuries of arrival? Or in the sense that modern hunters are now regulated so they don't drive their choice species extinct?
- nerdponx 5y agoNeither. Teddy Roosevelt was famously a conservationist in part because he was a hunter.
- ch4s3 5y agoNo, he means people like Roosevelt. The North American megafauna that went extinct all died off at the end of the Pleistocene during a period of rapid warming, it isn't know how much humans contributed in North America.
- t-3 5y agoYou will rarely meet someone who cares more about the environment than people who choose to spend days/weeks up a tree watching for animals for fun.