The Decrease in Wild Animals
Is Dangerous to Humans
By Edward C. Fritz
November 14, 2006
At age ninety and three fourths, I am living far more than any of my ancestors. My ancestors died in their eighties or less.
I am living in my oldest age, including my enjoyment of living beyond doing any more work and merely enjoying myself. Fortunately, I still have my wife, Genie, who is feeding me the foods that keep me going and having fun.
I have lived past the ninth month of my 90th year. I tell my friends and relatives how beautiful life is beyond any more working. My friends and relatives are looking forward to the time when, like me, I worked for the best areas of human policies until I became 90. Almost all my friends and relatives are trying to keep people happy.
I have worked hard to save our people against over-population, and saved our wild animals and birds for staying alive for the wonderful feelings of human beings.
Channel 13, at 7:00 one night, presented many birds and animals of the Antarctic, showing how they are losing their numbers in recent years. The lessening of birds and animals is because humans are increasing their numbers. I suggest that humans no longer increase their
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numbers, which ruin some birds and animals. Birds, animals, and wild animals are part of how humans can keep enjoying life. I suggest that humans do no longer increase their numbers.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007
Life Is Wonderful
Life Is Wonderful, But It Is Almost Over
By Edward C. Fritz
I have now lived my fifth month after my 91st year of life. There are only about one-fourteenth of all humans who live this long. Most of these humans do not feel they can present their life estates after 90 years.
I am now living life for the old persons, which does not include as much action as I experienced earlier. One of my present enjoyments is my wife, Genie, my three daughters, my nine grandchildren and my five great-grandchildren. I also enjoy my birds who come to our feeder.
Today is one day to the sixth month after my 91 years of life.
The birds that now come to our feeder next to our house are House sparrows, House finches, Downy woodpeckers, Red-bellied woodpeckers, Chickadees, Tufted Titmice, Bluejays, Brewers Blackbirds, Cardinals.
My wife has helped me going until now. I will soon die.
By Edward C. Fritz
I have now lived my fifth month after my 91st year of life. There are only about one-fourteenth of all humans who live this long. Most of these humans do not feel they can present their life estates after 90 years.
I am now living life for the old persons, which does not include as much action as I experienced earlier. One of my present enjoyments is my wife, Genie, my three daughters, my nine grandchildren and my five great-grandchildren. I also enjoy my birds who come to our feeder.
Today is one day to the sixth month after my 91 years of life.
The birds that now come to our feeder next to our house are House sparrows, House finches, Downy woodpeckers, Red-bellied woodpeckers, Chickadees, Tufted Titmice, Bluejays, Brewers Blackbirds, Cardinals.
My wife has helped me going until now. I will soon die.
I've Done A Lot
I’ve Done A Lot But I’m About to Give Up
By Edward C. Fritz
March 26, 2007
I have lived to 91 years and one and one-half months, far longer than any ancestors. I am now doing little. Three of my ancestors lived to 88, and the rest died younger. My mother died at 81. My father died at 63. But I have accomplished more than any of them.
I have been head of several groups, including Texas Committee on Natural Resources, which has a new leader, and Natural Area Preservation Association, which has a new leader.
I won about all my cases in court including saving the red-cockaded woodpecker from being killed by the U.S. Forest Service in Texas.
By Edward C. Fritz
March 26, 2007
I have lived to 91 years and one and one-half months, far longer than any ancestors. I am now doing little. Three of my ancestors lived to 88, and the rest died younger. My mother died at 81. My father died at 63. But I have accomplished more than any of them.
I have been head of several groups, including Texas Committee on Natural Resources, which has a new leader, and Natural Area Preservation Association, which has a new leader.
I won about all my cases in court including saving the red-cockaded woodpecker from being killed by the U.S. Forest Service in Texas.
There Is No Life After Death
There Is No Life After Death
By Edward C. Fritz
4144 Cochran Chapel Road
Dallas, Texas 75209
(214) 352-8370
August 27, 2007
My wife and I and some others feel that when we die we never come back anywhere. We feel that life is helping people until they die.
Other people who expect to live somewhere else after death fail to help themselves or others become active after death.
No person has seen any person live after death. There is no way to enable people who died practicing any life after death. We should all know death is final.
After death we cannot rise again anywhere, in any kind of form. We are just one more death like any other lives that lived for about four million years.
By Edward C. Fritz
4144 Cochran Chapel Road
Dallas, Texas 75209
(214) 352-8370
August 27, 2007
My wife and I and some others feel that when we die we never come back anywhere. We feel that life is helping people until they die.
Other people who expect to live somewhere else after death fail to help themselves or others become active after death.
No person has seen any person live after death. There is no way to enable people who died practicing any life after death. We should all know death is final.
After death we cannot rise again anywhere, in any kind of form. We are just one more death like any other lives that lived for about four million years.
Friday, March 9, 2007
DAR Conservation Award
Press Release: For Immediate Release
Contact: Genie Fritz (214) 352-8370
LOCAL ENVIRONMENTALIST HONORED
The Thankful Hubbard Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution has honored local environmentalist, Edward (Ned) Fritz, with the DAR Conservation Medal Award. A recipient of this award must have a distinguished and outstanding conservation record. As the father of environmentalism in Texas for his work in establishing many environmental organizations; his efforts in conserving land and wildlife; and his efforts in environmental education, Ned Fritz easily met the criteria for the award, according to chapter members.
Zipra Morgan, Regent of the Austin chapter and A. Gayle Hudgens, Ph.D., Chapter Conservation Chair, will be coming from Austin to Dallas for the award ceremony. The ceremony will take place Sunday, March 11, at 1:30 p.m. in Raible Chapel of the First Unitarian Church of Dallas, Preston Road at Normandy. The public is invited.
The DAR Conservation Committee was first established at the national level in 1909 and has since emphasized the responsible use of our natural resources. It also promotes recycling, water conservation, airscaping with native plants. It offers updates on land use issues, alternative energy sources and aquifer replenishment.
Contact: Genie Fritz (214) 352-8370
LOCAL ENVIRONMENTALIST HONORED
The Thankful Hubbard Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution has honored local environmentalist, Edward (Ned) Fritz, with the DAR Conservation Medal Award. A recipient of this award must have a distinguished and outstanding conservation record. As the father of environmentalism in Texas for his work in establishing many environmental organizations; his efforts in conserving land and wildlife; and his efforts in environmental education, Ned Fritz easily met the criteria for the award, according to chapter members.
Zipra Morgan, Regent of the Austin chapter and A. Gayle Hudgens, Ph.D., Chapter Conservation Chair, will be coming from Austin to Dallas for the award ceremony. The ceremony will take place Sunday, March 11, at 1:30 p.m. in Raible Chapel of the First Unitarian Church of Dallas, Preston Road at Normandy. The public is invited.
The DAR Conservation Committee was first established at the national level in 1909 and has since emphasized the responsible use of our natural resources. It also promotes recycling, water conservation, airscaping with native plants. It offers updates on land use issues, alternative energy sources and aquifer replenishment.
DAR Conservation Award
No One Should Think for Life After Death
By Edward C. Fritz
March 5, 2007
Many people, including my wife and I, and all other persons, never live after death. No person goes to heaven or where.
All persons should try to enjoy life, but not try to resume after death.
More people hope that after they die they will get off our planet and live again. We have never seen any people get back to life after they die.
Like most people, I have enjoyed life and done helpful things. I have done little good lately, since I am old. I am 91 years old, plus about a month.
All persons should enjoy life and help others to enjoy life. They should not work for a life after death.
By Edward C. Fritz
March 5, 2007
Many people, including my wife and I, and all other persons, never live after death. No person goes to heaven or where.
All persons should try to enjoy life, but not try to resume after death.
More people hope that after they die they will get off our planet and live again. We have never seen any people get back to life after they die.
Like most people, I have enjoyed life and done helpful things. I have done little good lately, since I am old. I am 91 years old, plus about a month.
All persons should enjoy life and help others to enjoy life. They should not work for a life after death.
Monday, February 5, 2007
Old Age Is Worth Living To
By Edward C. Fritz
May 8, 2006
About five percent of Americans live to age 96 or longer. Many of those feel good. I have lived three months past age 90, and I usually feel good, although I no longer can be much help to the world, as I used to be.
At old age, most people spend time enjoying life. As my memory weakens, I no longer perform much, but I deeply enjoy life. My wife, Genie, and my three daughters help me a lot, with food, walks, talks, and gifts. I usually feel good. Many other people say and do nice things for me.
My wife still takes me to beautiful places, like wild areas, musical events, monthly and annual meetings. My wife also fills my outside bird feeders. So I can enjoy seeing many species, like red-bellied woodpeckers, downy woodpeckers, tufted titmice, goldfinches, and even house sparrows. Nearby are many more species, including cardinals, mourning doves, white-winged doves, and white-throated sparrows.
We have over twenty kinds of wild trees, including Green ash, Gum bumelia, Eastern red cedar, Black cherry, Eastern Cottonwood, Box Elder, American Elm, Cedar Elm, Common Fig, Pyracantha, Sweet gum, Common Hackberry, American holly, Honey Locust, Mesquite, Southern Red Oak, Bur Oak, Live Oak, Osage Orange, Pecan, Mexican Plum, Texas redbud, Flame-leaf sumac, Common Sycamore, and Texas Hercules Club. Occasionally a red-tailed hawk from our deep back yard comes looking for a bird to eat, but I never see it catch one.
At old age, most people like me, cannot lead a battle to maintain human population and peace. Most old people can merely support younger officials who lead a big movement to stop over-population and war. The trouble is that few people in positions of power actually lead a powerful effort to end the growth of population or to prevent the beginning of another war. Therefore, we old people can mainly be nice to others and enjoy the remaining days or years of life.
Life began as cells 3 ½ billion years ago and gradually spread out from one species to another. There is no evidence of any species living after death. Therefore, each human should enjoy life, itself. Long before our Earth formed, our Universe spread out 14 billion years ago, long after material existed, which may have been forever. On that basis, I think human lives are a result of amazing development. We can enjoy life deeply into old age and on almost to death. No human should weaken true enjoyment by physically attacking another human. A human may argue with another human with the purpose of keeping both lives enjoyable.
When approaching death, a person should overcome huge pain by mental concentration or medicine and enjoy the remainder of life. This can be done by listening to music, relatives, friends, reading, and other actions. Life can be pleasant to the end, or about to the end. Enjoy yourself. Be nice to others.
May 8, 2006
About five percent of Americans live to age 96 or longer. Many of those feel good. I have lived three months past age 90, and I usually feel good, although I no longer can be much help to the world, as I used to be.
At old age, most people spend time enjoying life. As my memory weakens, I no longer perform much, but I deeply enjoy life. My wife, Genie, and my three daughters help me a lot, with food, walks, talks, and gifts. I usually feel good. Many other people say and do nice things for me.
My wife still takes me to beautiful places, like wild areas, musical events, monthly and annual meetings. My wife also fills my outside bird feeders. So I can enjoy seeing many species, like red-bellied woodpeckers, downy woodpeckers, tufted titmice, goldfinches, and even house sparrows. Nearby are many more species, including cardinals, mourning doves, white-winged doves, and white-throated sparrows.
We have over twenty kinds of wild trees, including Green ash, Gum bumelia, Eastern red cedar, Black cherry, Eastern Cottonwood, Box Elder, American Elm, Cedar Elm, Common Fig, Pyracantha, Sweet gum, Common Hackberry, American holly, Honey Locust, Mesquite, Southern Red Oak, Bur Oak, Live Oak, Osage Orange, Pecan, Mexican Plum, Texas redbud, Flame-leaf sumac, Common Sycamore, and Texas Hercules Club. Occasionally a red-tailed hawk from our deep back yard comes looking for a bird to eat, but I never see it catch one.
At old age, most people like me, cannot lead a battle to maintain human population and peace. Most old people can merely support younger officials who lead a big movement to stop over-population and war. The trouble is that few people in positions of power actually lead a powerful effort to end the growth of population or to prevent the beginning of another war. Therefore, we old people can mainly be nice to others and enjoy the remaining days or years of life.
Life began as cells 3 ½ billion years ago and gradually spread out from one species to another. There is no evidence of any species living after death. Therefore, each human should enjoy life, itself. Long before our Earth formed, our Universe spread out 14 billion years ago, long after material existed, which may have been forever. On that basis, I think human lives are a result of amazing development. We can enjoy life deeply into old age and on almost to death. No human should weaken true enjoyment by physically attacking another human. A human may argue with another human with the purpose of keeping both lives enjoyable.
When approaching death, a person should overcome huge pain by mental concentration or medicine and enjoy the remainder of life. This can be done by listening to music, relatives, friends, reading, and other actions. Life can be pleasant to the end, or about to the end. Enjoy yourself. Be nice to others.
Sunday, February 4, 2007
Good Birds Do Well at Feeder
From 9:15 to 10:45 a.m. on the 15th of January, various birds made 153 trips to our bird feeder. A few of them stayed there several minutes, but most of them merely came and went rapidly.
The sun was behind clouds except times for a moment when the sky was blue between the clouds.
The birds at the feeder mostly came for less than a minute, but some birds mainly house finches, house sparrows, tufted titmice, chickadees, downy woodpeckers, and red-bellied woodpeckers, ate on the feeder about four minutes.
Shortly after the hour and a half of feeding, some birds came back to the feeder. They no longer included everything before. A bird in the first round was red at the top of the head and red under the chin. A look at a bird book identified it as a Yellow-bellied sapsucker.
Two different kinds of doves stay near but not on the feeder. They eat the seeds that are dropped to the ground by the birds at the feeder.
In 2 hours on the 18th day of January, 2007, the various birds fed on the feeder at a total of 2,94 times. This was more of them than usually come to our feeder, although the day was cold.
The red-bellied woodpecker, downy woodpecker, house finch and house sparrows stayed on the feeder several times, up to 4 minutes. The chickadees, tufted titmice, and others came and went immediately. All birds stayed in my feeder several times in 2 hours.
From 9:30 to 10:30 birds came 406 times to my feeder. Only a few downy woodpeckers stayed there four or five minutes. The others came and went rapidly.
After 10:30, many more birds came to the feeder. It was cold outside—mostly at 40 or 50 degrees.
Birds that came to the feeder from 9:30 to 10:30 on January 20th included Tufted titmice, Chicadees, House finch, House sparrows, Downy woodpeckers, and Red-bellied woodpeckers.
On the 26th of January, 2007, I saw 84 birds on our feeder. At 9:30 to 10:30, and 54 birds on the feeder from 10:30 to 11:30. They included Red-bellied woodpeckers, Downy woodpeckers, Chickadees, Tufted titmice, House Sparrow, House Finch, and no rain this day.
At 4:00 o’clock to 4:20, on January 27, birds ate at the feeder by my house, and start eating. A Downy woodpecker ate from 4:21 to 4:26.
No one ate more until the next day.
On the 27th day of January, in 2007, it turned colder by thirty-five and forty third day. In that period, the number of birds who came to the feeder was 180.
When we got back from church on the 28th of January, 2007, 32 birds ate at the feeder in 20 minutes, until Genie filled the feeder from the bottom. Immediately , 84 birds ate at the feeder in 20 minutes.
The sun was behind clouds except times for a moment when the sky was blue between the clouds.
The birds at the feeder mostly came for less than a minute, but some birds mainly house finches, house sparrows, tufted titmice, chickadees, downy woodpeckers, and red-bellied woodpeckers, ate on the feeder about four minutes.
Shortly after the hour and a half of feeding, some birds came back to the feeder. They no longer included everything before. A bird in the first round was red at the top of the head and red under the chin. A look at a bird book identified it as a Yellow-bellied sapsucker.
Two different kinds of doves stay near but not on the feeder. They eat the seeds that are dropped to the ground by the birds at the feeder.
In 2 hours on the 18th day of January, 2007, the various birds fed on the feeder at a total of 2,94 times. This was more of them than usually come to our feeder, although the day was cold.
The red-bellied woodpecker, downy woodpecker, house finch and house sparrows stayed on the feeder several times, up to 4 minutes. The chickadees, tufted titmice, and others came and went immediately. All birds stayed in my feeder several times in 2 hours.
From 9:30 to 10:30 birds came 406 times to my feeder. Only a few downy woodpeckers stayed there four or five minutes. The others came and went rapidly.
After 10:30, many more birds came to the feeder. It was cold outside—mostly at 40 or 50 degrees.
Birds that came to the feeder from 9:30 to 10:30 on January 20th included Tufted titmice, Chicadees, House finch, House sparrows, Downy woodpeckers, and Red-bellied woodpeckers.
On the 26th of January, 2007, I saw 84 birds on our feeder. At 9:30 to 10:30, and 54 birds on the feeder from 10:30 to 11:30. They included Red-bellied woodpeckers, Downy woodpeckers, Chickadees, Tufted titmice, House Sparrow, House Finch, and no rain this day.
At 4:00 o’clock to 4:20, on January 27, birds ate at the feeder by my house, and start eating. A Downy woodpecker ate from 4:21 to 4:26.
No one ate more until the next day.
On the 27th day of January, in 2007, it turned colder by thirty-five and forty third day. In that period, the number of birds who came to the feeder was 180.
When we got back from church on the 28th of January, 2007, 32 birds ate at the feeder in 20 minutes, until Genie filled the feeder from the bottom. Immediately , 84 birds ate at the feeder in 20 minutes.
Monday, January 15, 2007
EIGHT ASPIRATIONS
EIGHT ASPIRATIONS
By Edward C. Fritz
October 21, 2001
1. Respect fellow humans.
2, Serve each other.
3. Do not kill fellow humans, even if one of them kills another.
4. Join with all other humans in world law, to solve international problems and to eliminate wars.
5. Conserve all species, including species we eat or utilize.
6. Sustain all resources needed for survival, including by limiting production.
7. Adopt healthful measures to limit human population to sustainable numbers.
8. Enjoy life.
By Edward C. Fritz
October 21, 2001
1. Respect fellow humans.
2, Serve each other.
3. Do not kill fellow humans, even if one of them kills another.
4. Join with all other humans in world law, to solve international problems and to eliminate wars.
5. Conserve all species, including species we eat or utilize.
6. Sustain all resources needed for survival, including by limiting production.
7. Adopt healthful measures to limit human population to sustainable numbers.
8. Enjoy life.
Churches Are Our Best Hope
CHURCHES ARE OUR BEST HOPE FOR
SUPPORTING POPULATION CONTROL LAWS
By Edward C. Fritz
Unless humans rapidly control our population growth, we will soon run out of certain basic life resources and suffer a catastrophic population crash. Churches are our best hope to encourage drastic governmental population control to save enough resources for human survival.
China limits its population to one child per couple. All other nations should limit their populations. The United States should also tighten its control of migration from other nations.
Most humans love life. In 40 years, humans will double our populations and use us our available foods and water to where many people can no longer survive.
Political parties have failed to move on population control. Environmental groups are limited. Churches are our best chance to spread the movement. Let us start now before it is too late.
We must maintain all essential resources by controlling growth of human population. Almost anyone can enjoy life thoroughly with two or less children.
SUPPORTING POPULATION CONTROL LAWS
By Edward C. Fritz
Unless humans rapidly control our population growth, we will soon run out of certain basic life resources and suffer a catastrophic population crash. Churches are our best hope to encourage drastic governmental population control to save enough resources for human survival.
China limits its population to one child per couple. All other nations should limit their populations. The United States should also tighten its control of migration from other nations.
Most humans love life. In 40 years, humans will double our populations and use us our available foods and water to where many people can no longer survive.
Political parties have failed to move on population control. Environmental groups are limited. Churches are our best chance to spread the movement. Let us start now before it is too late.
We must maintain all essential resources by controlling growth of human population. Almost anyone can enjoy life thoroughly with two or less children.
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
WORLD LAW: THE BEST WAY TO SAVE OUR NATURAL RESOURCES
Without law, we cannot keep down the rate of murder and other crimes within any nation.
Let’s face it: Without world law, we cannot suppress armed attacks by people of a nation on people of another nation (war) and other destruction, such as permanent reduction of natural resources, including soil, drinking water and forests.
Permanent reduction is already taking a toll. Three-fourths of our world population suffers from inadequate food and drink. To save humanity, we must accomplish rapid reform.
Exploiters of natural resources are wiping out natural resources in all nations, thereby jeopardizing the survival of humans.
Examples include our tropical forests, where 2/3 of the species of life on earth dwell. Timber companies are logging the trees. Corn growers are slashing and burning the vegetation about once every three years. Humans are cutting new openings for new roads and towns. Governments are letting people ruin the forests.
People all over the world need the tropical forests for timber, medicines, and certain foods and supplies. Nations and free trade associations are doing little to conserve tropical forests and other natural resources.
The best way to save the forests is to form a democratic world government with authority to conserve natural resources.
World government environmental staffers would be more likely to conserve our natural resources than are national government staffers such as those of the U.S. Forest Service, who serve not only the Congress elected by Big Timber dollars, but also the timber buyers who buy logs from Forest Service staffers year after year.
In addition to conservation, war is—as in Vietnam War—destructive to forests and other natural resources, only way to prevent war is to establish world law against armed forces and weapon of mass destruction. Therefore, environmentalists should join and support the movement for world law, particularly World Federalist Association.
Without world law, humans are heading for extinction, not only by destroying nations with weapons of mass destruction, but also by exploiting our natural resources.
Let’s face it: Without world law, we cannot suppress armed attacks by people of a nation on people of another nation (war) and other destruction, such as permanent reduction of natural resources, including soil, drinking water and forests.
Permanent reduction is already taking a toll. Three-fourths of our world population suffers from inadequate food and drink. To save humanity, we must accomplish rapid reform.
Exploiters of natural resources are wiping out natural resources in all nations, thereby jeopardizing the survival of humans.
Examples include our tropical forests, where 2/3 of the species of life on earth dwell. Timber companies are logging the trees. Corn growers are slashing and burning the vegetation about once every three years. Humans are cutting new openings for new roads and towns. Governments are letting people ruin the forests.
People all over the world need the tropical forests for timber, medicines, and certain foods and supplies. Nations and free trade associations are doing little to conserve tropical forests and other natural resources.
The best way to save the forests is to form a democratic world government with authority to conserve natural resources.
World government environmental staffers would be more likely to conserve our natural resources than are national government staffers such as those of the U.S. Forest Service, who serve not only the Congress elected by Big Timber dollars, but also the timber buyers who buy logs from Forest Service staffers year after year.
In addition to conservation, war is—as in Vietnam War—destructive to forests and other natural resources, only way to prevent war is to establish world law against armed forces and weapon of mass destruction. Therefore, environmentalists should join and support the movement for world law, particularly World Federalist Association.
Without world law, humans are heading for extinction, not only by destroying nations with weapons of mass destruction, but also by exploiting our natural resources.
Thumbnail Sketch of Edward C. Fritz
Founder of Texas Committee on Natural Resources, now Chair Emeritus and Chair, Forest Task Force. Founder and member of the Board of Directors of Texas League of Conservation Voters. Founder and now Secretary of Natural Area Preservation Association, a Texas land trust with 80 nature preserves, the largest being 22,000 acres. First president of Dallas County Audubon Society.
In the conservation field, received the 1970 National American Motors Conservation Award in the non-professional category; the 1975 Oak Leaf Award of the Natural Conservancy and the 1978 Feinstone Foundation Award for outstanding environmentalist in the United States; the 1985 Sierra Club National Achievement Award; the 1990 Teddy Roosevelt Conservation Award (by President George Bush); a 1990 Special Service Award by the Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter; and a 1992 Conservation Forester of the Year Award by Sportsmen Conservationists of Texas; 1993 Merit Award, Texas Organization for Endangered Species; and 1994 Environmental Excellence Award, CEED; 1996 Floyd Potter Award for outstanding achievement in endangered species conservation, TOES; 1997 Meryl and Edith Hoyt Volunteer of the Year, Dallas County Audubon Society; 1998 Excellence in Environmental Awareness, League of Women Voters of Texas; 1999 Texas Audubon Society Centennial Award; 2001 Award by Big Thicket Association for contributions for establishing the Big Thicket National Preserve, 2001 National Wildlife Federation National Conservation Achievement Award for Special Achievement.
Is author of three books: award-winning Sterile Forest, Eakin Press, 1983; Realms of Beauty, University of Texas Press, 1986 (revised); Clearcutting: A Crime Against Nature, Eakin Press, 1989. Authored numerous conservation and nature articles for magazines and other media.
Drafted the Texas Scientific Areas Act and several other bills for the Texas legislature, and the East Texas Wilderness Act, passed by the Congress of the U.S. and signed into law on October 30, 1984; the Forest Biodiversity Protection Act, introduced into Congress from 1993 to 1997.
Graduated from law school at Southern Methodist University in 1940 with an Ll.B degree, after first obtaining a B.A. degree at University of Chicago. Has practiced law in Dallas ever since, with time out for service as a naval aviator in World War II. Southern Methodist University awarded him its honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree in May, 1991.
Served as attorney for Texas Committee on Natural Resources (co-plaintiff with Sierra Club and Wilderness Society) in lawsuit against the Forest Service (USDA) resulting in 1988 injunction against even-age management in habitat of endangered Red-cockaded woodpecker in Texas. Forest Service appeal denied in 1991. Won a 1997 injunction against all logging in national forests in Texas, reversed in 2000, now before the District Court for rehearing. In July, 2003, with the Forest Service’s new RCW plan and with a different attorney representing TCONR, the injunctions were lifted.
Began his interest in conservation at the age of 12 while passing merit badges to become an Eagle Scout.
In the conservation field, received the 1970 National American Motors Conservation Award in the non-professional category; the 1975 Oak Leaf Award of the Natural Conservancy and the 1978 Feinstone Foundation Award for outstanding environmentalist in the United States; the 1985 Sierra Club National Achievement Award; the 1990 Teddy Roosevelt Conservation Award (by President George Bush); a 1990 Special Service Award by the Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter; and a 1992 Conservation Forester of the Year Award by Sportsmen Conservationists of Texas; 1993 Merit Award, Texas Organization for Endangered Species; and 1994 Environmental Excellence Award, CEED; 1996 Floyd Potter Award for outstanding achievement in endangered species conservation, TOES; 1997 Meryl and Edith Hoyt Volunteer of the Year, Dallas County Audubon Society; 1998 Excellence in Environmental Awareness, League of Women Voters of Texas; 1999 Texas Audubon Society Centennial Award; 2001 Award by Big Thicket Association for contributions for establishing the Big Thicket National Preserve, 2001 National Wildlife Federation National Conservation Achievement Award for Special Achievement.
Is author of three books: award-winning Sterile Forest, Eakin Press, 1983; Realms of Beauty, University of Texas Press, 1986 (revised); Clearcutting: A Crime Against Nature, Eakin Press, 1989. Authored numerous conservation and nature articles for magazines and other media.
Drafted the Texas Scientific Areas Act and several other bills for the Texas legislature, and the East Texas Wilderness Act, passed by the Congress of the U.S. and signed into law on October 30, 1984; the Forest Biodiversity Protection Act, introduced into Congress from 1993 to 1997.
Graduated from law school at Southern Methodist University in 1940 with an Ll.B degree, after first obtaining a B.A. degree at University of Chicago. Has practiced law in Dallas ever since, with time out for service as a naval aviator in World War II. Southern Methodist University awarded him its honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree in May, 1991.
Served as attorney for Texas Committee on Natural Resources (co-plaintiff with Sierra Club and Wilderness Society) in lawsuit against the Forest Service (USDA) resulting in 1988 injunction against even-age management in habitat of endangered Red-cockaded woodpecker in Texas. Forest Service appeal denied in 1991. Won a 1997 injunction against all logging in national forests in Texas, reversed in 2000, now before the District Court for rehearing. In July, 2003, with the Forest Service’s new RCW plan and with a different attorney representing TCONR, the injunctions were lifted.
Began his interest in conservation at the age of 12 while passing merit badges to become an Eagle Scout.
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