There is a clear tendency in American conservation to relegate to government all necessary jobs that private landowners fail to perform.

the virgin American forests and their wildlife populations including white tailed deer, wild turkey, bobcats, cougars, ruffled grouse, black bear and wolves extended almost continuously from the East coast to the prairies of the Midwest. Salmon and shad migrated up the major Atlantic coastal rivers to spawn. The grassland prairies and plains stretching to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains were populated with unnumbered bison and prong-horned antelope, prairie birds, elk, mule deer, wolves, and grizzly bears. The lands beyond the Rockies to the Pacific coast were occupied by the crests of bare mountains at the higher elevations and deserts at the lowest. The lands between the deserts and the mountain tops were covered with evergeen forests and relatively dry grasslands. The great valley of central California was a vast plain and marshlands harboring elk, prong-horns, salmon, and grizzly bears. America was a land of natural beauty as well as abundant natural resources.