Apush Chapter 7

Chapter seven begins when Theodore Roosevelt became the governor of New York in 1899. He discovered that if he wanted to improve the handling of natural resources in New York he had to do that through the New York State Fisheries, Game, and Forest Commission. This agency had done very little, because the members were decided by their political influence. Since 1888, George Bird Grinnell had been trying to get the administration to be separated by politics. He believed the leaders needed to be experts in order to have efficient management of the natural resources. Grinnell was convinced that New York was lucky to have a governor that cared so much about game, fishing, forest conservation, and the good of the public. The New York State Fisheries, Game, and Forest Commission failed at enforcing game laws. Roosevelt called out the commission and demanded they give him a report on wardens’ capabilities, distribution, and number. He said the game wardens in New York were not being efficient and he wanted that to change. …show more content…
He got this idea from Gifford Pinchot, who believed the commission needed to be a single-headed agency. Pinchot expected that if the agency was headed by a single commissioner, the commissioner would be able to put all of his focus on developing principles and practices to make sure the forests were properly managed. If the forests were well managed, then all other resources would also be protected. Grinnell thought that the one man that was in charge of the commission, that knew a lot about forestry, would not be equally knowledgeable about other major resources. Grinnell believed the commission needs to separate into section to ensure all resources are equally