Teddy Roosevelt‚ heavily influenced by the work of private individuals such as John Muir‚ as well as the work of members of his government‚ such as Gilfred Pinchot‚ Chief of Forestry. He passed sweeping legislation to regulate the actions of business‚ as well as build infrastructure to combat environmental destruction. The Newlands
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Restored Hetch Hetchy Valley or Not? In “Hetch Hetch Valley” (1912) from American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau‚ John Muir argues that Hetch Hetchy Valley should not be dammed and turned into a reservoir. He describes how fantastic and special the Hetch Hetchy Valley is by pointing out to its highlights. Then‚ he claims that everyone needs material and mental lives. He asserts the natural beauty can provide people a positive attitude toward life. Thus‚ he blames the advocates damage
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Stephanie Roach During the 20th century most men and woman had similar views on many things. In Women and Conservation by Carolyn Merchant it breaks down womens contributions to conservation within their lives. In the 19th and 20th century woman developed organizations and clubs protecting the preservation of wildlife. The California club merged in January of 1900 with Miss Robert Burdett as president and Miss Lovell White as vice president. They believed that men were the main destroyers of
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explains‚ “was where Christ had struggled with the devil and endured his temptations.” In other words‚ the wild was where someone went against their will and in fear. Fast forwarding to the nineteenth century‚ everything had changed. In 1869‚ John Muir described his view of Sierra Nevada by saying‚ “No description of Heaven that I have ever heard or read of seems half so fine”. America then began to be explored and by 1872 Yellowstone became the first national park with many following. To think
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Public Library in the 1960s‚ a majority of Mills’ books‚ and a few personal relationships with family members of Enos Mills (pp. xi-xiii). Drummond wrote Enos Mills: Citizen of Nature to discover who Mills really was and how much of his revered John Muir was in him‚ how he acquired his beliefs and acted on them‚ and what his beliefs and actions mean to us today (p. xii). He states‚ however‚ “His story cannot be told through dispassionate scholarship alone. His life begs interpretation‚ and to that
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narrative by John Muir‚ “A Windstorm in the Forest.” You will then participate in a group discussion to share and construct knowledge collaboratively. You will be expected to initiate ideas and respond to the ideas of others. __________________________________________________________________________ Directions and Analysis Task 1: Analyzing John Muir’s “A Windstorm in the Forest” In this task‚ you will prepare for the group discussion by reading and interacting with the given excerpt from John Muir’s
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As a Martinez native‚ I have learned about John Muir and his work to preserve open spaces‚ forest and wildlife. I pass by the house him and his wife live in every day. I took field trips there as a kid and now my kids are doing the same‚ so I was very interested in this discussion question. John Muir thought of nature and wildlife as his second home. His view on nature was that it was a great gift and blessing to experience such a sight. As he recalls his first visit in Sierra Club Bulletin‚ January
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place‚ bringing the environmental movement to the forefront. The first stage of environmentalism came from visionaries who saw early on in our national history the directions we were taking and the consequences that might ensue. Visionaries like John Muir’s and Gifford Pinchot’s important early steps in American Wildlife Preservation and Conservation. They saw the early warning signs of over-consumption and development and implored us to redirect our habits and energies back to wise use of resources
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John Kenneth Muir analyzes the issue over the post-apocalyptic destruction‚ in which he studies the effect on human civilization by asking the viewer‚ “How many would act in the same fashion; refusing to trust "strangers" until they knew that the risk was passed?” One of the effects Muir mentions throughout the reassessment is the loss of hope for the greater good of a social club. Still‚ too much hope in society can be dangerous in the wrong hands‚ and will most likely lead to a catastrophic result
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Trees in a Concrete Jungle Dennis Artischev History 105‚ Section 23‚ Fall 2012 As John Muir made his trek across the Sierra he described a beautiful landscape of mountains‚ valleys‚ rivers‚ lakes and more. People have always had a fascination with nature and the amazing variety of landscapes in America. John Muir was one of the many who loved spending his time in the nature of the western frontier. It was expansive‚ untouched and offered a great variety of terrain‚ but in our modernized and developed
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