One of the earliest models for conservation in the United States was based on utilitarian conservation, for which nature was conserved not to protect biodiversity, but to provide jobs and resources.

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The utilitarian conservation model, advocated by figures like Gifford Pinchot, focused on managing natural resources to provide for human use and economic benefit, rather than preserving them solely for their intrinsic value or biodiversity.

One of the Earliest Models for Conservation in the United