A conservationist is one who is humbly aware that with each stroke [of the axe] he is writing his signature on the face of his land.
"Aldo Leopold: A Sand County Almanac & Other Writings on Conservation and Ecology".
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A conservationist is one who is humbly aware that with each stroke [of the axe] he is writing his signature on the face of his land.