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… a golf course beside the sparkling Rio Bajo Chiquero? Not everyone agrees that a national park’s chief function is to conserve wildlands, species, ecosystems, and natural beauty, The possibilities made me cringe.

— Anne LaBastille Assignment, Wildlife (1980)

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I developed from being a lister of birds and tropical fishes to an investigator of ecosystems, and as a natural outgrowth, becoming a conservationist and protector of wildlife and wildlands.

Assignment, Wildlife (1980)

During my morning trek, two of the striking differences between tropical rain forest and temperate woodlands became evident. Any 5 acres around my cabin in the Adirondacks, or in New England woods, may have 10 to 12 kinds of trees growing; yet, here in the same-sized area, an average of 200 species can be found!

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