In 1980, the U.S Census Bureau report said "after centuries of settlement and development the American frontier had finally disappeared"
The report brought U.S citizens' attention to the environment because its affects on them they feared
The announcement came to many Americans as a shock
because they thought their country's land and resources would never run out of stock
The citizens realized that without any effort, the deficiency of natural resources will not form an improvement
So government agencies started a program to regulate and conserve remaining food, wood and water called the Conservation Movement
Gifford Pinchot brought the philosophy and practice of scientific management of natural resources to the attention of President Roosevelt- a republican red
who agreed with his idea, resulting in Congress' creation of the U.S Forest Service, Pinchot was appointed the head
The federal government retained almost 200 million acres of forests, a better environment as their motivation
and formed the idea of using natural resources but using them wisely which became known as utilitarian conservation
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