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Conservation

July 2024
1min read


Sir: … More than fifty years ago I was an Adirondack guide and woodsman. What has happened since is enough to scare you. Our magnificent forests were bequeathed to us, but at the present rate of wastefulness and destruction we will have nothing to pass onto those who follow. …

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