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KEDM Public Radio | By Kelby Ouchley

Published November 6, 2017 at 9:00 AM EST

As a species we humans are infamous for behavior not conducive to our own long-term well-being. Consider the frequency of wars, the unbridled depletion of earth's finite resources, and the "me now" attitude of our consumptive society. There are, however, shining examples of far-sightedness in America, even in the halls of Congress. A prime example is the Wilderness Act of 1964.

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Kelby Ouchley

Kelby was a biologist and manager of National Wildlife Refuges for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for more than 30 years. He has worked with alligators in gulf coast marshes and Canada geese on Hudson Bay tundra. His most recent project was working with his brother Keith of the Louisiana Nature Conservancy on the largest floodplain restoration project in the Mississippi River Basin at the Mollicy Unit of the Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge, reconnecting twenty-five square miles of former floodplain forest back to the Ouachita River.

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