Pinocht, one of the first men to even consider conserving the forest, urged the government to set aside more land under protection of the forest. Implementing stricter regulations eased fears that they would run out of resources faster than the country could provide. Pinocht believed that setting aside forests and later other resources such as water, should be reserved for the development of the current generation. In his essay “The Struggle for Conservation”, he quotes: “The development of our natural resources and their maximum utilization for the present generation is the first duty of this generation. Pinocht also explains in his essay that although resources are reserved for the present, it is also their responsibility to avoid waste, which causes disease in the environment. He experienced this during the forest fires of the early 1910s. “We understand that forest fires are entirely under human control” (Pinocht, Fight for Conservation, 2). Leopold, another conservationist, saw the earth as a community coinciding with man. He defined conservation as the protection of the earth and the protection of our individual culture. He firmly believed that wilderness gave us an identity as a society and that as a rising civilization we must master our environment. He suggests that we owe a lot to wilderness because it has made us who we are and that is why we should respect wilderness. As industrialization takes on a more complex form, our world becomes more uniform, even in the most remote places. Culture and values ​​come from living with the land and protecting what has given us our modern world. In his essay "A Sand County Almanac" he explains how people abuse the land and are only beginning to realize the value of the environment...... middle of paper ...... and opposite sides of the spectrum. conservationists, both extremely believers in an all-or-nothing mentality. Between these men is one who believes that a balance between the two is necessary to fully live an acceptable life. What Leopold is suggesting is that we become more earth ethical and learn to respect the land that gave birth to us as we are today. It represents a compromise suggested to those who want to protect the earth while still living according to the standards to which we are accustomed. Although these men claim to be conservationists, they all define what it means to be an environmental defender differently. Pinocht, like Park, defines conservation in favor of humans, while Brower views conservation as the protection of wilderness and land from resource extraction by private companies. Works Cited Pinchot, Gifford. The fight for conservation. Seattle: University of Washington, 1967. Print.