Question

This mustached Yale graduate went west and became known as an ethnographer of the Plains Indians and an early champion of conservation. He wrote about the need to save the American bison from extinction, he edited the influential outdoor magazine Forest and Stream, and helped found both the Boone and Crockett Club and the National Audubon Society.

A) John Muir
B) Theodore Roosevelt
C) Aldo Leopold
D) George Bird Grinnell

Answer 1

George Bird Grinnell is the Yale graduate who worked as an ethnographer and was a pivotal figure in the early conservation movement, advocating for the preservation of the American bison and founding conservation organizations.

Step-by-step explanation:

The mustached Yale graduate who became known as an ethnographer of the Plains Indians, an early champion of conservation, wrote about the need to save the American bison from extinction, edited the influential outdoor magazine Forest and Stream, and helped found both the Boone and Crockett Club and the National Audubon Society, was George Bird Grinnell. While Theodore Roosevelt did champion conservation causes and was allied with influencers like John Muir, it was Grinnell who fits this specific description. Following his studies at Yale, Grinnell went on to make significant contributions to the conservation movement and was notably instrumental in efforts to protect the American bison.