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John Muir: Conservationist
John Muir

John Muir became an environmentalist after many years of struggling while trying to find a passion that truly spoke to him. Many people called John different names, his most common were; The Greatest Californian, and The Father of National Parks. Previously he enrolled in Harvard to major in health, while he was in school he decided that being a doctor would challenge his inventive skills. After college John decided that if he was a conservationist he would not have to invent anything, he would just improve God’s inventions. John Muir was a conservationist that provided many reasons to save God's inventions, reminding society about the importance of conservation while being open to new learning experiences. As a conservationist he created the Sierra Club to help show the
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His theories have been carried along and are still used today. John left a large impact on the field of conservation. His Sierra club organization is still functioning today because of his commitment in the past. The members of the organization still refer back to his journals. John Muir has forever changed our perspective on conservation. Work Cited

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John Muir. (2006). In K. L. Lerner & B. W. Lerner (Eds.), World of Earth Science. Detroit: Gale. Retrieved from http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/K2641910089/BIC1?u=vbcps&xid=2dfa3a85Muir, J.

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