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Pinchot

American  
[pin-shoh] / ˈpɪn ʃoʊ /

noun

  1. Gifford, 1863–1946, U.S. political leader, forester, and teacher.


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Reflecting on the long hours he spends alone in the recording booth, Pinchot, the Pasadena voice actor, describes the responsibility he feels to get it right for both authors and listeners in suitably literary terms.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2025

“Gifford Pinchot, the first chief of the Forest Service, once described conservation as ‘the application of common sense to common problems for the common good,’” Wood said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2025

Who doesn’t love seeing Ken Marino be a jerk, Jason Lee portray another loser or Bronson Pinchot do his "loopy foreigner" act again, only this time as a chef from a real country?

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2025

In 1994, President Bill Clinton’s Northwest Forest Plan preserved more than 20 million acres of old-growth forests in Washington, Oregon and Northern California, curtailing logging on federal lands like the nearby Gifford Pinchot National Forest.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2024

“You will have heard of our great calamity,” Olmsted wrote to his friend Gifford Pinchot.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson