During this Covid spring, as these days have come to be known, I had time to reflect on the state of conservation and what the future might hold. As time permits I will use this space to gather and share my thoughts.

Roosevelt’s words from A Book-Lover’s Holidays in the Open, have always had deep meaning to me. And as we face the destruction wrought by the pandemic both in human lives and economic damage I decided to use Roosevelts words as an inspiration for some opinion writing.