# Gifford Pinchot — An Autobiography character guide

> Gifford Pinchot in An Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Gifford Pinchot, Pinchot

**First appearance:** 0017-xi-the-natural-resources-of-the-nation

## Snapshot

The forester Roosevelt calls the man to whom the nation owes most for preserving its natural resources, and the moving spirit behind his conservation crusade.

## Who they are

Pinchot was already head of the Forestry Bureau when Roosevelt became President, and he stayed through the whole term as the directing force in conservation work and a counselor on most internal affairs. Roosevelt credits him with leading, and for a vital stretch embodying, the fight to preserve the forests through use rather than lock them away. His fearlessness, tireless energy, and single-minded devotion make him the indispensable ally in the book's central argument that the nation's resources belong to all the people.

## In the story

### [II: The Vigor of Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_autobiography_se/chapters/ii-the-vigor-of-life)

Listed among the companions on Roosevelt's vigorous walks and rides.

### [The Natural Resources of the Nation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_autobiography_se/chapters/xi-the-natural-resources-of-the-nation)

Chief forester and driving force behind conservation; Roosevelt credits him as the foremost leader in the movement.

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