Was Frederick Law Olmsted Really a Conservation Leader?
On a visit to the nearbyPatuxent Wildlife Research Refuge , I stopped to read the signage about America ’s “ Conservation Leaders ” and was surprised to see Frederick Law Olmsted decent there , with Audubon , Thoreau , Jacques Cousteau and Morris Udall . The sign described his work open up Yosemite Valley before it became a commons , and many other parking lot , and noted that his master principles of conception were raw beauty and approachability to all ....