This Day in History: 1876-10-21

Cartoonist who cared J.N. “Ding” Darling is born in Norwood, Michigan on this day in 1876. A Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for the New York Tribune, Darling published his first conservation-minded cartoon in 1901, supporting President Theodore Roosevelt’s call to establish a national Forest Service. Darling came up with the idea for raising money for wildlife programs through hunter purchases of a duck stamp.  He also illustrated the first duck stamp. In 1936, Darling established the National Wildlife Federation.