‎”The conservation of natural resources is the fundamental problem. Unless we solve that problem it will avail us little to solve all others.”

 — Theodore Roosevelt’s Address to the Deep Waterway Convention, Memphis, TN, October 4, 1907

One of President Theodore Roosevelt’s most lasting and significant contributions to the world was the permanent preservation of the some of the most unique natural resources of the United States. According to the National Geographic, the area of the United States placed under public protection by Theodore Roosevelt, as National Parks, National Forests, game and bird preserves, and other federal reservations, comes to a total of approximately 230,000,000 acres

image: Theodore Roosevelt at Yellowstone National Park