Roosevelt believed in the transformative power of wilderness. He saw it as America's best idea.

One of the biggest lessons from the Big Burn: Nature, it turns out, is not always our friend. But it always has the final say.

This hellstorm... it changed the nation, left a permanent scar, but also birthed a critical idea about conservation.

'Speak softly, and carry a big stick; you will go far.' applies to politics as much as it does to handling nature.

Our national parks and reserves are not luxuries—they are investments in the infinite.

One can learn more from a tree than a book. Unless that book is about trees.

2000 men entered the woods that day. Fewer than half walked out. The rest, consumed by the flames, authenticated the power of nature.

Any man can handle adversity. If you want to test his character, give him power.

Not all storms come to disrupt your life, some come to clear your path. The Fire was such a storm for America.

The conservation of natural resources is the fundamental problem. Unless we solve that problem, it will avail us little to solve all others.

The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America