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  2. 75 John Muir Quotes About Nature, Life and Adventure - AOL

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    Summertime is John Muir time. The Scottish-American naturalist and author, who lived from 1838 to 1914, was an early advocate for wilderness preservation in the United States and is one of the ...

  3. Enos Mills - Wikipedia

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    In 1889, he had a chance encounter with famed naturalist John Muir on a San Francisco beach, and from that point on Mills dedicated his life to conservation activism, lecturing, and writing. [11] Enos filed his homestead application on February 3, 1893, and received his patent on November 16, 1898, for 160 acres in Larimer County, Colorado. [c]

  4. The National Parks: America's Best Idea - Wikipedia

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    The episode shows the beauty of Yosemite Valley and the geyser wonderland of Yellowstone. Additionally, it offers a lengthy discussion of how Yosemite and Yellowstone National Parks were created and shows how John Muir became their eloquent defender. Runtime: 115 minutes

  5. John Muir - Wikipedia

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    John Muir (/ m jʊər / MURE; April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914), [1] also known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the National Parks", [2] was a Scottish-born American [3] [4]: 42 naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, botanist, zoologist, glaciologist, and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States.

  6. 45 Snow Quotes That Capture the Magic of Winter - AOL

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    The colder months get a bad rap, but we happen to think that winter is pretty awesome. For one, countless homes are decorated with festive lights. Then there are all the holiday...

  7. 55 spring quotes to welcome the arrival of a new season - AOL

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    Among them are quotes from luminaries like Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Mark Twain, who amusingly summed up spring's unpredictable weather by observing, "In the Spring, I ...

  8. Stickeen: An Adventure with a Dog and a Glacier - Wikipedia

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    Ronald Limbaugh's book, John Muir's "Stickeen" and the Lessons of Nature (1996) reconstructs the original manuscript submitted by Muir in 1897. [a] Many later editions were printed throughout the 20th century that included artwork, children's adaptions, audio, music and video.

  9. John Muir Wilderness - Wikipedia

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    The John Muir Wilderness is a wilderness area that extends along the crest of the Sierra Nevada of California for 90 miles (140 km), in the Inyo and Sierra National Forests. [2] Established in 1964 by the Wilderness Act and named for naturalist John Muir , it encompasses 652,793 acres (2,641.76 km 2 ). [ 1 ]