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

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


Answer: C

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