““When I’m critical of modern approaches to ecology, I’m really trying to remind my reader of the long relationship that Western civilization has had to these forests that define the fringe of its place of habitation, and that this relationship is one that has a rich history of symbolism and imagination and myth and literature. So much of the Western imagination has projected itself into this space that when you lose a forest, you’re losing more than just the natural phenomenon or biodiversity; you’re also losing the great strongholds of cultural memory. (Source: discussing " Deforestation in a Civilized World .")””
![“Gifford Pinchot points out that in colonial and pioneer days the forest was a foe and an obstacle to the settler. It had to be cleared away... But [now] as a nation we have not yet come to have a proper respect for the forest and to regard it as an indispensable part of our resources-one which is…” quote by Richard E. Blackwelder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/28f/richard-e-blackwelder-67893_benefits_gifford-pinchot-points-out-that-in-colon_2900675.jpg)
