Pinchot Institute for Conservation

The Pinchot Institute for Conservation is a conservation organization based in Washington, DC.[1] It is named after Gifford Pinchot, the founding Chief of the United States Forest Service and two-time Pennsylvania Governor. The Pinchot Institute for Conservation works for sustainable environment, clean water, clean air and healthy habitat through conservation thought, policy and action.

Gifford Pinchot, 1909, by Pirie MacDonald, when Pinchot was the first Chief of the United States Forest Service.

As Gifford Pinchot wrote in his book, Breaking New Ground, "Conservation is the foresighted utilization, preservation and/or renewal of forests, waters, lands and minerals for the greatest good of the greatest number for the longest time."

  1. ^ "PINCHOT FACILITY TO BE DEDICATED; Kennedy to Visit Laboratory Honoring Conservationist Outdoor Demonstrations". The New York Times. September 15, 1963. p. 78. Retrieved January 3, 2010.