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Benton MackayeBenton MacKaye (1879-1975), American forester, planner, and conservationist. He is best known as the originator of the Appalachian Trail. MacKaye went to Harvard (B.A., 1900; M.A. School of Forestry, 1905), and had been on staff with a number of Federal bureaus and agencies, which included the U.S. Forest Service, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the U.S. Department of Labor, etc. MacKeye pioneered the idea of land preservation for recreation and conservation purposes, and was a strong advocate of balancing human needs and those of Nature. He was a son of Steele MacKaye.
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