The Nation's First Forester-in-Chief: The Overlooked Role of FDR and the Environment

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law

Journal Abbreviation

J. Land Use & Env't L.

Abstract

Douglas Brinkley, biographer of Theodore Roosevelt and his environmental legacy, has produced a sequel on his distant cousin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR). In a comprehensive eco-biography, Brinkley shows in some detail how committed an environmentalist FDR was, protecting federal lands, encouraging state conservation efforts, making wildlife protection a national priority, and dedicating the federal government to soil protection and forest replanting. Although FDR’s romance with federal dams undercuts the assertion somewhat, the Brinkley biography successfully shows that FDR has a legitimate claim to being the foremost of environmental American presidents.

First Page

25

Last Page

60

Publication Date

2017

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