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George Washington Carver was once one of the most famous men in the US. Now, we remember him mostly as the Peanut Man. Otherwise, he’s nearly forgotten.

But perhaps we should remember him above all as an early environmentalist.

One can hardly talk of environmentalism before the 1960s.

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Four major national conservation organizations started operation before the Second World War: Sierra Club, National Audubon Society, Izaak Walton League, and National Wildlife Federation.

These groups advocated preservation of wilderness, hunting and fishing grounds, and wildlife. They had white and mostly wealthy membership.

Agrarian reformers performed equally important, if less recognized, conservation work.

Carver’s most characteristic achievements came in the context of this movement. And, of course, working on behalf of impoverished black farmers.

Late in life, he summarize