Notable Ecologists, Environmentalists, & Conservationists Posters “P...-”
for science & social studies classrooms, home schoolers, offices.

William Penn
Roger Tory Peterson

Gifford Pinchot
Michael Pollan

William Penn
b. 10-14-1644; London
d. 7-30-1718; Berkshire, England

Pacifist Quaker William Penn, the founder of what was to become the state of Pennsylvania, decreed in 1681 that one acre of old-growth forest must remain for every five acres cleared.

Edward Hicks- Peaceable Kingdom with William Penn in the background Lesson Plans

Roger Tory Peterson
b. 8-28-1908; Jamestown, NY
d. 7-28-1996; Connecticut

Roger Tory Peterson, ornithologist and artist, is widely recognized as one of the major forces in bringing environmental concerns to the public in the 20th century.

Roger Tory Peterson quotes
• “Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble.”
• “Not all is doom and gloom. We are beginning to understand the natural world and are gaining a reverence for life - all life.”

Gifford Pinchot
b. 8-11-1865; Simsbury, CT
d. 10-4-1946; Pennsylvania

Gifford Pinchot, the first Chief of the United States Forest Service, reformed the management and development of forests in the United States and for advocating the conservation of the nation's reserves by planned use and renewal.

Michael Pollan
b. 2-6-1955; Long Island, NY

Author, journalist, activist, and professor of journalism Michael Pollan has brought attention to the problem of the industrial food chain.

Beatrix Potter
b. 7-28-1866; London
d. 12-22-1943

Beatrix Potter, best remembered as creator of Peter Rabbit, played an important role in protecting some of England's most beautiful landscapes from Hill Top, her beloved Lake District farmhouse.

Beatrix Potter quote ~
• “I hate publicity, and I have contrived to survive to be an old woman without it, except in the homey atmosphere of Agricultural Shows.” [1939 interview]

• more Beatrix Potter posters

John Wesley Powell
b. 3-24-1834; Mount Morris, NY
d. 9-23-1902; Pennsylvania

John Wesley Powell is best remembered for his 1869 three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers, the first passage of European Americans through the Grand Canyon.

Powell was also the second director of the US Geological Survey (1881–1894) and proposed policies for water management in the development of the arid West, such as state boundaries based on watershed areas (to avoid squabbles).

• Seeing Things Whole: The Essential John Wesley Powell, Pioneers of Conservation