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John W. Furlow asserts that Gifford's Pinchot later career as a politician, most notably as Governor of Pennsylvania, is often overlooked in favor of focusing on the time when he was ascendant in the American conservation movement. Furlow closely examines Pinchot's time as Governor, and he stresses the role of his wife, Cornelia Bryce Pinchot, as an important influence on Pinchot. Pinchot favored prohibition and the building of farm to market roads as Governor, and Furlow argues that Pinchot's political career focused on the preservation of human resources. Though he supported President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, Pinchot remained active in Republican politics, but he never held elective office again after 1935. A photograph of Gifford Pinchot on horseback in 1925 and two photographs of Cornelia Bryce Pinchot appear in the article. In addition to endnotes, the article also features a paragraph that lists a number of studies and biographies of the Pinchots and their home, Grey Towers.

This edition of the "News and Notes" section is mostly devoted to the various activities, celebrations, and commemorations marking the 125th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt's birth. The section lists some of these celebrations and includes more details about the "Roosevelt Renaissance" held at Theodore Roosevelt Island in June 1983. The section reviews the May 1983 meeting of the American Forestry Association which marked the seventy-fifth anniversary of Roosevelt's Conference on Conservation, and it devotes parts of four pages to a visit to Medora, North Dakota, by members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA). It also recommends five books about Roosevelt. The section has a photograph of the TRA group in Medora, North Dakota, and three photographs of members of the TRA with the Governor of North Dakota, Allen I. Olson. An illustration of Roosevelt in his buckskin hunting outfit and a montage of Roosevelt with images of the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace and Sagamore Hill National Historic Sites are also found in the section.

The Oregonian relays the content of President Theodore Roosevelt's speech to the Forestry Association in Washington, D.C. Roosevelt declares the forest problem to be “the most vital internal problem of the United States.” In addition to preserving the beauty and habitats of forests, he calls for preservation because it will maintain and increase the nation's prosperity in the agriculture, mining, lumber, transportation, manufacturing, and commerce industries. He asserts that conservation hinges not on government policy but on the American people's belief that “forestry is the preservation of forests by wise use,” not the discontinuation of that use.

Commemorative first day of issue cover postmarked in Tucson, Arizona, with four-cent "Forest Conservation" U.S. postage stamp in right corner. Envelope has image of Smokey the Bear, a black and white ink drawing of Theodore Roosevelt, and an image of a river running through a forest.

Commemorative first day of issue cover postmarked in Tucson, Arizona, with four-cent "Forest Conservation" U.S. postage stamp in right corner. There are images of Theodore Roosevelt, Smokey Bear, and a forest scene with deer drinking at a river.

Governor Roosevelt regrets that he cannot speak at the American Advancement of Science or the American Forestry Association and suggests that Austin Wadsworth speak instead. Roosevelt is glad that Gifford Pinchot will be working closely with the new forest commission.

Governor Roosevelt regrets that he cannot join the American Forestry Association.

Gifford Pinchot does not expect Vice President Roosevelt to be able to attend the meeting of the American Forestry Association but hopes he will be able to send a letter as he did last year. Pinchot is taking a short trip to Oregon and is unsure whether he will be able to take a hunting trip in the fall.

Gifford Pinchot regrets not having a letter for the Denver meeting of the American Forestry Association but understands Vice President Roosevelt's position. Pinchot and Frederick Haynes Newell are exploring some grazing and irrigation issues and will be leaving for a two week trip to the mountains. Although Pinchot expects to miss his hunt, he hopes he and Roosevelt have a "good visit, with lots of exercise."