roosevelt as president saw the last alive passenger pigon. there used to be 100 million.roosevelt wrote the last ob serveation of one in the wild. pine knot shows the real t.r. people don't want to think of roosevelt's conservation as a policy as much as a passion. >> he got romantic excitement from seige speesies5m÷ in the wild. this place is paid for by the taxpayer. >> that's one of the reasons i wanted you to come. you look in the fass i have yick coast. you see them on the map. he saved those. he was very interested in wild life photography. he would come to the white house and show him pictures of wild oregon. he went to portland and met him once. these states particularly in the west and florida. he then was shocked to find a congress ready to mine it roosevelt says, i so declare it a national monday ue meant. we are not really into the federal government grabbing an area and closing it off. he is zermed to use the executive power to save wild america. >> are you afraid maybe you would open this place up to others and they would take it away? >> you can't pick up a