John Muir’s Quest to Save the Great Outdoors
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John Muir and the Battle for Yosemite
John Muir had been writing for years about the depredations in Yosemite Valley. In 1890, he wrote two articles that were taken to Washington and put on every congressman's desk. The bill was eventually passed; it is a "watershed moment" for environmentalist John Muir.
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