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The Ranger Image and Noble Cause Corruption in the National Park Service. Walterville Oregon: Trine Day Publishing, 2017. ISBN 978-1-63424-126-7. Burns, Ken. The National Parks: America's Best Idea. Washington DC: Public Broadcasting Service, 2009. EVERHARDT, William C. The National Park Service. New York: Praeger, 1972.
Enos Abijah Mills (April 22, 1870 – September 21, 1922) was an American naturalist, author and homesteader. He was the main figure behind the creation of Rocky Mountain National Park.
Morgan was born on October 24, 1900, in London, United Kingdom to John Pierpont Morgan Jr. (1867–1943) and Jane Norton Morgan (née Grew) (1868-1925). His father was the son of John Pierpont Morgan Sr. (1837–1913) and his mother was the daughter of Boston banker and mill owner Henry Sturgis Grew (1833–1910).
Chouinard with equipment for rock climbing, including Hexentrics, c. 1972. Photo by Tom Frost.. Yvon Chouinard (born November 9, 1938) [1] is an American rock climber, environmentalist, and businessman.
The proposed park, which would total 700,000 hectares, would be the largest national park in Argentina and home to hundreds of bird species, giant anteaters, and macaw parrots. It would provide safe habitat for a range of native species, and encourage a transition from "an exploitative economy" to "an economy of conservation and ecotourism".
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.
Founders at Old Rag Mountain, VA in 1946. Bob Marshall: chief of recreation and lands for the United States Forest Service; Aldo Leopold: noted wildlife ecologist and later author of A Sand County Almanac; Robert Sterling Yard: publicist for the National Park Service; Benton MacKaye: the "Father of the Appalachian Trail";
Founder of the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS); involved in the introduction of Outward Bound to the US Paul Kiesow Petzoldt (January 16, 1908 – October 6, 1999) was an American mountaineer and wilderness educator known for establishing the National Outdoor Leadership School in 1965.