Lancelot William McCaskill CBE (8 May 1900 – 9 August 1985) was a New Zealand agricultural instructor, lecturer, conservationist and writer.

[2] He argued in favour of land management and conservation over downstream engineering solutions.

[1] His long career of public advocacy for soil conservation made him a pioneer of environmentalism, as it is understood today.

[1] In the 1969 New Year Honours, McCaskill was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to agriculture and soil conservation.

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