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David Duncan
(3 Feb 1952 - )
American writer and conservationist who writes and often speaks about environmental topics. The River Why (1983) was not only his first book, but also the first novel to be published by the Sierra Club. He moved to Wyoming after 40 years living in western Oregon because the timber companies and the Forest Service devastated the forests on the coastal watersheds around his home—and all in less than four years.
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Science Quotes by David Duncan (1 quote)
[Trying to manipulate the salmon's natural migration is like] trying to replace Beethoven with Yanni.
— David Duncan
As quoted in column by Sally Mauk, 'Sally Mauk: Author, angler, activist Duncan decries management of salmon', in Missoulian (29 Apr 2011).
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
