Gifford Pinchot, First Head of the U

Gifford Pinchot, first head of the U.S. Forest Service, advocated the conservationist view of nature. This view promoted ____________ .

A) resource use in a sustainable manner to provide the greatest benefit for the greatest number of people
B) a wilderness and ecocentric approach to public resource use
C) resource use in a sustainable manner with an ecocentric focus
D) a deep ecology approach to public resource use
E) a biocentric approach to public resources