Mollie Beattie

Mollie H. Beattie (April 27, 1947 Glen Cove, Long Island - June 27, 1996) was an American conservationist. In 2009 she was designated a Women's History Month Honoree by the National Women's History Project.^[1]

She graduated from Marymount College, Tarrytown with bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1968, and from the University of Vermont with a master's degree in forestry in 1979, and from Harvard University with a master's degree in public administration in 1991. From 1993 to 1996, she served as the first woman director of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. ^[2][3] She oversaw the successful reintroduction of the gray wolf into northern Rocky Mountains. ^[4]

She was married to Rick Schwolsky.

The Mollie Beattie Wilderness in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is named after her.

In the long term, the economy and the environment are the same thing. If it's unenvironmental it is uneconomical. That is the rule of nature.
-- Mollie Beattie ^[5]

References

1. ^ "Honorees: 2010 National Women’s History Month". Women's History Month. National Women's History Project. 2010. http://nwhp.org/whm/honorees.php. Retrieved 14 November 2011. 
2. ^ "Mollie Beattie, 49; Headed Wildlife Service," The New York Times, June 29, 1996
3. ^ Greg Young, "Mollie Beattie (1947 – 1996) American Forester and Conservationist," Environmental Encyclopedia (Oct. 2005)[1]
4. ^ http://www.nwhp.org/resourcecenter/biographycenter.php#avery
5. ^ "Mollie Beattie: Woman of the Woods"

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Name	Beattie, Mollie
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Date of birth	April 27, 1947
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Date of death	June 27, 1996
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