Back when WI had more respect for the land and water

I write often about the Walker-era systematic destruction of land and water in Wisconsin - - here and here and here, ad infinitum - - so I was struck by the wording on this little plaque I'd not seen before in Milwaukee's Lake Park.

Though I wasn't sure which trees were being referenced. I decided these would do. Unlike the trees and waters sacrificed by the self-interested and short/sighted for careerism, or vanity and monument building and profit.