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Allie Knott

**George Perkins Marsh**
 * A lawyer, a naturalist, and a businessman
 * Wanted people to become aware of the effects that human interaction has on the environment
 * In 1864, he published a novel titled //The Earth as Modified by Human Action: Man and Nature//
 * Marsh’s way of showing people that how they interact with the environment has a negative effect on, and is ultimately destroying the areas around them
 * Marsh took into full account the fact that it was necessary to use nature’s resources to a certain extent, but he fought to decrease the additional harm that was being done
 * Found that environmental systems complete tasks that are much more remarkable than humans have realized
 * As he gained knowledge, Marsh began to further persuade the populations to become educated and help prevent further environmental damage
 * Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National History park is named after Marsh


 * Sources**

http://www.eoearth.org/article/Marsh,_George_Perkins http://0.tqn.com/d/history1800s/1/G/T/5/-/-/george-perkins-marsh-200.jpg http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/covs/MARMAN.jpg