This photo presents an eerie morning fog above the Molly bog in the article “Scanlon Bog” from the Summer 1974 issue of Vermont Life (Vol. 28 Issue 4). The article begins by addressing different characteristics of Molly Bog, and lesser known Scanlon Bog. There is heavy emphasis on Scanlon Bog of being “richly deserving of recognition, protection and preservation, for there are all too few of these unique natural areas left.” Protection and preservation of natural resources, such as the bogs, articulates the importance of environmentalism for nature’s sake. 

The article also introduces the recommendation of establishing the Natural Areas Protection Program in the Agency for Environmental Conservation. This office would be “consulted in any activity involving land use by the state to insure protection of any natural areas.” In general, not much detail is given about future program implementation and use. Yet, the article does mention “history of the conservation movement shows that people at large will support the protection of natural values which they know and understand.” In this scenario, environmentalism is portrayed as an instilled set of natural values or intuition that most people tend to have, making environmentalism easier to conceptualize and act on.