he was one of the world's experts on coloration and varation, on inventorying what we had. he created these bird reservations. 51 that are now the heart and soul of u.s. fish and wild life. those watching don't realize it all began with the 51 conservation areas. >> tell us where you are located? >> about 90 minutes from washington. it's a beautiful campus. it's the archive where i did research. they have the papers not just of early conservation nivets i went to the places roosevelt saved. i would go to various bird places.wg they have local archives. one in michigan and arizona. i went to puerto rico to seat key national forest he saved. it's our only rain forest in our entire system i would go to these places and interview them and get local dock you meantation too >> looking behind you, there's a large picture above the fireplace. >> that's from 1903. roosevelt becomes president in 1901 because the previous president was asazz nated. he had created the first gain club. it was the first wild life protection of the big game group. in 1903, he gets on a train. then he gos