Dated September 28, 1973. For a wildland recreation class during Rodney’s attendance at Washington State University for his Wildlife Biology degree.
The sun, the land… and man. Progress has blasted man so far, so fast that already he has lost sight of where he came from, and if he fails to recognize the trends he may very well end right back there again. The earth, land, dirt… man has walked on it, abused it, devastated it, dusts it from his shelves every day, and is at an alarming rate even burying it beneath asphalt and concrete, and more people. People have grown so callous that they freely litter someone else’s world. They seem to fail to realize the very real world they are in. In the end, the law of the land will prevail, with or without man.
Rodney Schmidt Legacy 