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Speak softly and carry a big stick: The hunting and conservation legacy of Teddy Roosevelt

Speak softly and carry a big stick: The hunting and conservation legacy of Teddy Roosevelt

“In a civilized and cultivated country, wild animals only continue to exist at all when preserved by sportsmen.”—Theodore Roosevelt Few of our nation’s great leaders stand out more than Theodore Roosevelt. First taking office in 1901 after the assassination of William McKinley, he guided a nation still divided and reeling from the Civil War decades

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