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Education A.B Harvard University achievement in natural science Birth-Death .OCTEBER 27 1858 NEW YORK CITY . JANUARY 6 1919 OYSTER BAY NEW YORK Early interest Read about natural history and exploration. Collected studied small animals and birds Environmental goals To make national parks to protect animals and birds. Wanted to save country’s natural resources. Environmental issue He wanted to protect wildlife and make national parks for future generations Honors Elected to Philadelphia Phi Beta Kappa at Harvard. Winner of the Noble Peace Prize in 1906 Benefits Established 50 wildlife parks. Set aside 148 million Acres for national forest. Created 6 national parks Challenges Congress didn’t agree with him.. Power companies, lumber men, mine operators and ranchers were against him because they didn’t want anybody to limit their resources. Books African Game Trails The Winning of the West Through the Brazilian Wilderness Reasons or needs He was interested in environmental science. He also liked to study animals and birds. Steps taken Supported Reclamation Act of 1902, which used money from land sales for irrigation. Also supported Antiquities Act of 1906 which created 16 national monuments. He started the national conservation commission, and first wildlife refuge Works Cited Keene, Ann T. Earthkeepers. New York: Oxford UP, 1994. “ Theodore Roosevelt National Park.” National Park Service-Experience Your America. 7 May 2008 <http://www.nps.gov///_cons.htm>. roosevelt.jpg teddy bear.jpg Theodore Roosevelt