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National Parks - A Memoir of a Lifetime
Mather died a year later at the age of 67. His friends blamed his early death on his demanding schedule and physical exertion. He also laid the groundwork for the creation of the great smoky mountains, shenandoah and mammoth cave national parks. But while mathers pushed for park development had many effect on the land and american views of them. The conflict between wilderness preservation and development for public enjoyment would have grave implications for national park wild life. Staying on fourten years longer than the one he had promised, mather oversaw several new additions to the national park service,. including the grand canyon, bryce canyon, zion acadia, lason, hawaii
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