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National Parks and Monuments Devils Tower 1906 (Monument) Petrified Forest 1906 (National Park) Tonto Wind Cave National Park Crater Lake National Park Benefits National Parks improved wild life inhabitants He protected many species of birds and animals teddyattree.jpg teddyatcamp.jpg Challenges Politics Assassination attempt Contracted several tropical infections Lost sight in one eye Environmental Goals To conserve wildlife an nature Wanted to created national parks to conserve wildlife He was known as the “conservationist president” Being president helped him achieve his goals for preserving nature Reason or need The environment was being destroyed First came into the badland in 1883 When he arrived large herds of bison were gone He saw that overgrazing that had killed animal habitats Birth Born on October 27, 1858 Born in a brownstone house New York City Pictures courtesy of: http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/biopictures.htm Science Environmental Activists. Westport: Greenwood, 2001. Keene, Ann T. Earthkeepers. New York: Oxford UP, 1994. Meltzer, Milton. Theodore Roosevelt and His America. New York: Watts, 1994. “Theodore Roosevelt National Park.” National Park Service- Experiance Your America. 7 May 2008 <http://www.nps.gov///tr_cons.htm#top>.