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1. Who were the first white men to enter Yosemite?

Planned to dam Hetch-Hetchy. TR's Interior Secretary turned down application three times. Then, in 1906, the earthquake set off a fire. SF argued, inaccurately, that a dam there could have protected the city. The Sierra Club split. Gifford Pinchot stood against Muir. He felt it meant wise use of nature. He argued for The dam. Muir took his case to TR in 1908. TR sent Muir's letter to Pinchot for review. The Muir-Pinchot debate was very personal and very bitter. Muir: Hetch Hetchy was a cathedral. Pinchot: Hetch Hetchy was a resource first the common good. Tr & Pinchot supported dam. William Howard Taft was against. Woodrow Wilson was pro. Muir gave years of his life to defending Hetch Hetchy. In 1913, he still felt he could win. The bill approving the dam cleared congress. Woodrow Wilson signed it into law. Muir finished a book on Alaska. Muir died in December 1914.Engaged writers & editors across the nation. Frank Olmstead JR wrote the statement of purpose reconciling the paradox between present use and preservation for the future. Lofty. Broad. Each generation has to interpret it. 1916: Woodrow Wilson signed into law the National Parks Service. Stephen Mather became the first Director. He had a breakdown 6 months later.Politician John F. Lacey, working with Grinnell and Roosevelt, has helped protect the last buffalo bill. Also passed the Lacey Bird & Game Act of 1900. Poaching continues despite the act in the Everglades. People worried that it would never stop unless the Everglades were set aside as a national park.The Mariposa Battallion who were hunting Indians saw it in 1851. They thought it was the name of the people who lived there. It doesn't. It is a word that meant, those who should be feared.""

2. How did Mather agitate for a National Parks Service?

The Mariposa Battallion who were hunting Indians saw it in 1851. They thought it was the name of the people who lived there. It doesn't. It is a word that meant, those who should be feared.""Engaged writers & editors across the nation. Frank Olmstead JR wrote the statement of purpose reconciling the paradox between present use and preservation for the future. Lofty. Broad. Each generation has to interpret it. 1916: Woodrow Wilson signed into law the National Parks Service. Stephen Mather became the first Director. He had a breakdown 6 months later.Politician John F. Lacey, working with Grinnell and Roosevelt, has helped protect the last buffalo bill. Also passed the Lacey Bird & Game Act of 1900. Poaching continues despite the act in the Everglades. People worried that it would never stop unless the Everglades were set aside as a national park.Planned to dam Hetch-Hetchy. TR's Interior Secretary turned down application three times. Then, in 1906, the earthquake set off a fire. SF argued, inaccurately, that a dam there could have protected the city. The Sierra Club split. Gifford Pinchot stood against Muir. He felt it meant wise use of nature. He argued for The dam. Muir took his case to TR in 1908. TR sent Muir's letter to Pinchot for review. The Muir-Pinchot debate was very personal and very bitter. Muir: Hetch Hetchy was a cathedral. Pinchot: Hetch Hetchy was a resource first the common good. Tr & Pinchot supported dam. William Howard Taft was against. Woodrow Wilson was pro. Muir gave years of his life to defending Hetch Hetchy. In 1913, he still felt he could win. The bill approving the dam cleared congress. Woodrow Wilson signed it into law. Muir finished a book on Alaska. Muir died in December 1914.

3. What did San Francisco do when it needed water?

Politician John F. Lacey, working with Grinnell and Roosevelt, has helped protect the last buffalo bill. Also passed the Lacey Bird & Game Act of 1900. Poaching continues despite the act in the Everglades. People worried that it would never stop unless the Everglades were set aside as a national park.The Mariposa Battallion who were hunting Indians saw it in 1851. They thought it was the name of the people who lived there. It doesn't. It is a word that meant, those who should be feared.""Planned to dam Hetch-Hetchy. TR's Interior Secretary turned down application three times. Then, in 1906, the earthquake set off a fire. SF argued, inaccurately, that a dam there could have protected the city. The Sierra Club split. Gifford Pinchot stood against Muir. He felt it meant wise use of nature. He argued for The dam. Muir took his case to TR in 1908. TR sent Muir's letter to Pinchot for review. The Muir-Pinchot debate was very personal and very bitter. Muir: Hetch Hetchy was a cathedral. Pinchot: Hetch Hetchy was a resource first the common good. Tr & Pinchot supported dam. William Howard Taft was against. Woodrow Wilson was pro. Muir gave years of his life to defending Hetch Hetchy. In 1913, he still felt he could win. The bill approving the dam cleared congress. Woodrow Wilson signed it into law. Muir finished a book on Alaska. Muir died in December 1914.Engaged writers & editors across the nation. Frank Olmstead JR wrote the statement of purpose reconciling the paradox between present use and preservation for the future. Lofty. Broad. Each generation has to interpret it. 1916: Woodrow Wilson signed into law the National Parks Service. Stephen Mather became the first Director. He had a breakdown 6 months later.

4. Who became a champion of the birds?

5. Who transferred the military parks out of the War Department to the National Park Service?

Engaged writers & editors across the nation. Frank Olmstead JR wrote the statement of purpose reconciling the paradox between present use and preservation for the future. Lofty. Broad. Each generation has to interpret it. 1916: Woodrow Wilson signed into law the National Parks Service. Stephen Mather became the first Director. He had a breakdown 6 months later.Planned to dam Hetch-Hetchy. TR's Interior Secretary turned down application three times. Then, in 1906, the earthquake set off a fire. SF argued, inaccurately, that a dam there could have protected the city. The Sierra Club split. Gifford Pinchot stood against Muir. He felt it meant wise use of nature. He argued for The dam. Muir took his case to TR in 1908. TR sent Muir's letter to Pinchot for review. The Muir-Pinchot debate was very personal and very bitter. Muir: Hetch Hetchy was a cathedral. Pinchot: Hetch Hetchy was a resource first the common good. Tr & Pinchot supported dam. William Howard Taft was against. Woodrow Wilson was pro. Muir gave years of his life to defending Hetch Hetchy. In 1913, he still felt he could win. The bill approving the dam cleared congress. Woodrow Wilson signed it into law. Muir finished a book on Alaska. Muir died in December 1914.The Mariposa Battallion who were hunting Indians saw it in 1851. They thought it was the name of the people who lived there. It doesn't. It is a word that meant, those who should be feared.""Horace Albright presented the idea to FDR. FDR made it happen within days. Military sites, the Statue of Liberty, Mt Rushmore, and the most inspiring sites I. Washington DC.

6. What was really the best idea?

Planned to dam Hetch-Hetchy. TR's Interior Secretary turned down application three times. Then, in 1906, the earthquake set off a fire. SF argued, inaccurately, that a dam there could have protected the city. The Sierra Club split. Gifford Pinchot stood against Muir. He felt it meant wise use of nature. He argued for The dam. Muir took his case to TR in 1908. TR sent Muir's letter to Pinchot for review. The Muir-Pinchot debate was very personal and very bitter. Muir: Hetch Hetchy was a cathedral. Pinchot: Hetch Hetchy was a resource first the common good. Tr & Pinchot supported dam. William Howard Taft was against. Woodrow Wilson was pro. Muir gave years of his life to defending Hetch Hetchy. In 1913, he still felt he could win. The bill approving the dam cleared congress. Woodrow Wilson signed it into law. Muir finished a book on Alaska. Muir died in December 1914.The Mariposa Battallion who were hunting Indians saw it in 1851. They thought it was the name of the people who lived there. It doesn't. It is a word that meant, those who should be feared.""All men are created equal.Engaged writers & editors across the nation. Frank Olmstead JR wrote the statement of purpose reconciling the paradox between present use and preservation for the future. Lofty. Broad. Each generation has to interpret it. 1916: Woodrow Wilson signed into law the National Parks Service. Stephen Mather became the first Director. He had a breakdown 6 months later.

7. Who took over the National Park Service when Stephen Mather had a breakdown?

Planned to dam Hetch-Hetchy. TR's Interior Secretary turned down application three times. Then, in 1906, the earthquake set off a fire. SF argued, inaccurately, that a dam there could have protected the city. The Sierra Club split. Gifford Pinchot stood against Muir. He felt it meant wise use of nature. He argued for The dam. Muir took his case to TR in 1908. TR sent Muir's letter to Pinchot for review. The Muir-Pinchot debate was very personal and very bitter. Muir: Hetch Hetchy was a cathedral. Pinchot: Hetch Hetchy was a resource first the common good. Tr & Pinchot supported dam. William Howard Taft was against. Woodrow Wilson was pro. Muir gave years of his life to defending Hetch Hetchy. In 1913, he still felt he could win. The bill approving the dam cleared congress. Woodrow Wilson signed it into law. Muir finished a book on Alaska. Muir died in December 1914.Engaged writers & editors across the nation. Frank Olmstead JR wrote the statement of purpose reconciling the paradox between present use and preservation for the future. Lofty. Broad. Each generation has to interpret it. 1916: Woodrow Wilson signed into law the National Parks Service. Stephen Mather became the first Director. He had a breakdown 6 months later.The Mariposa Battallion who were hunting Indians saw it in 1851. They thought it was the name of the people who lived there. It doesn't. It is a word that meant, those who should be feared.""Horace Albright. He was 27 years old and The youngest person there. He had to protect the parks against individuals who wanted to use the lands to generate resources for the war which the US entered in 1917.

8. When did Ansel Adams go onto the Interior Department payroll to photograph National Parks?

The Mariposa Battallion who were hunting Indians saw it in 1851. They thought it was the name of the people who lived there. It doesn't. It is a word that meant, those who should be feared.""Planned to dam Hetch-Hetchy. TR's Interior Secretary turned down application three times. Then, in 1906, the earthquake set off a fire. SF argued, inaccurately, that a dam there could have protected the city. The Sierra Club split. Gifford Pinchot stood against Muir. He felt it meant wise use of nature. He argued for The dam. Muir took his case to TR in 1908. TR sent Muir's letter to Pinchot for review. The Muir-Pinchot debate was very personal and very bitter. Muir: Hetch Hetchy was a cathedral. Pinchot: Hetch Hetchy was a resource first the common good. Tr & Pinchot supported dam. William Howard Taft was against. Woodrow Wilson was pro. Muir gave years of his life to defending Hetch Hetchy. In 1913, he still felt he could win. The bill approving the dam cleared congress. Woodrow Wilson signed it into law. Muir finished a book on Alaska. Muir died in December 1914.1941Engaged writers & editors across the nation. Frank Olmstead JR wrote the statement of purpose reconciling the paradox between present use and preservation for the future. Lofty. Broad. Each generation has to interpret it. 1916: Woodrow Wilson signed into law the National Parks Service. Stephen Mather became the first Director. He had a breakdown 6 months later.

9. When did conservationism become a movement?

When TR became president. Cronon: It's hard to exaggerate the significance of TR in the conservation movement.""Planned to dam Hetch-Hetchy. TR's Interior Secretary turned down application three times. Then, in 1906, the earthquake set off a fire. SF argued, inaccurately, that a dam there could have protected the city. The Sierra Club split. Gifford Pinchot stood against Muir. He felt it meant wise use of nature. He argued for The dam. Muir took his case to TR in 1908. TR sent Muir's letter to Pinchot for review. The Muir-Pinchot debate was very personal and very bitter. Muir: Hetch Hetchy was a cathedral. Pinchot: Hetch Hetchy was a resource first the common good. Tr & Pinchot supported dam. William Howard Taft was against. Woodrow Wilson was pro. Muir gave years of his life to defending Hetch Hetchy. In 1913, he still felt he could win. The bill approving the dam cleared congress. Woodrow Wilson signed it into law. Muir finished a book on Alaska. Muir died in December 1914.Engaged writers & editors across the nation. Frank Olmstead JR wrote the statement of purpose reconciling the paradox between present use and preservation for the future. Lofty. Broad. Each generation has to interpret it. 1916: Woodrow Wilson signed into law the National Parks Service. Stephen Mather became the first Director. He had a breakdown 6 months later.The Mariposa Battallion who were hunting Indians saw it in 1851. They thought it was the name of the people who lived there. It doesn't. It is a word that meant, those who should be feared.""

10. Who rallied for the Jackson Hole National Monument after FDR died?

Horace Albright.Planned to dam Hetch-Hetchy. TR's Interior Secretary turned down application three times. Then, in 1906, the earthquake set off a fire. SF argued, inaccurately, that a dam there could have protected the city. The Sierra Club split. Gifford Pinchot stood against Muir. He felt it meant wise use of nature. He argued for The dam. Muir took his case to TR in 1908. TR sent Muir's letter to Pinchot for review. The Muir-Pinchot debate was very personal and very bitter. Muir: Hetch Hetchy was a cathedral. Pinchot: Hetch Hetchy was a resource first the common good. Tr & Pinchot supported dam. William Howard Taft was against. Woodrow Wilson was pro. Muir gave years of his life to defending Hetch Hetchy. In 1913, he still felt he could win. The bill approving the dam cleared congress. Woodrow Wilson signed it into law. Muir finished a book on Alaska. Muir died in December 1914.Engaged writers & editors across the nation. Frank Olmstead JR wrote the statement of purpose reconciling the paradox between present use and preservation for the future. Lofty. Broad. Each generation has to interpret it. 1916: Woodrow Wilson signed into law the National Parks Service. Stephen Mather became the first Director. He had a breakdown 6 months later.The Mariposa Battallion who were hunting Indians saw it in 1851. They thought it was the name of the people who lived there. It doesn't. It is a word that meant, those who should be feared.""

11. Who worked for Denali National Park?

The Mariposa Battallion who were hunting Indians saw it in 1851. They thought it was the name of the people who lived there. It doesn't. It is a word that meant, those who should be feared.""Charles Sheldon—an eastern aristocrat like TR and Grinnell. He was a friend of Stephen Mather. Wilson signed it 1917. Charles Sheldon has asked that it return to its old name—Denali National Park.Planned to dam Hetch-Hetchy. TR's Interior Secretary turned down application three times. Then, in 1906, the earthquake set off a fire. SF argued, inaccurately, that a dam there could have protected the city. The Sierra Club split. Gifford Pinchot stood against Muir. He felt it meant wise use of nature. He argued for The dam. Muir took his case to TR in 1908. TR sent Muir's letter to Pinchot for review. The Muir-Pinchot debate was very personal and very bitter. Muir: Hetch Hetchy was a cathedral. Pinchot: Hetch Hetchy was a resource first the common good. Tr & Pinchot supported dam. William Howard Taft was against. Woodrow Wilson was pro. Muir gave years of his life to defending Hetch Hetchy. In 1913, he still felt he could win. The bill approving the dam cleared congress. Woodrow Wilson signed it into law. Muir finished a book on Alaska. Muir died in December 1914.Engaged writers & editors across the nation. Frank Olmstead JR wrote the statement of purpose reconciling the paradox between present use and preservation for the future. Lofty. Broad. Each generation has to interpret it. 1916: Woodrow Wilson signed into law the National Parks Service. Stephen Mather became the first Director. He had a breakdown 6 months later.

12. How did people learn how to act in National Parks?

The Mariposa Battallion who were hunting Indians saw it in 1851. They thought it was the name of the people who lived there. It doesn't. It is a word that meant, those who should be feared.""Slowly...General Philip Sheridan's Tripp's maintained order. Stopped poachers, vandals, etc. They were hampered by the fact that they existed in a legal no-man's land.Planned to dam Hetch-Hetchy. TR's Interior Secretary turned down application three times. Then, in 1906, the earthquake set off a fire. SF argued, inaccurately, that a dam there could have protected the city. The Sierra Club split. Gifford Pinchot stood against Muir. He felt it meant wise use of nature. He argued for The dam. Muir took his case to TR in 1908. TR sent Muir's letter to Pinchot for review. The Muir-Pinchot debate was very personal and very bitter. Muir: Hetch Hetchy was a cathedral. Pinchot: Hetch Hetchy was a resource first the common good. Tr & Pinchot supported dam. William Howard Taft was against. Woodrow Wilson was pro. Muir gave years of his life to defending Hetch Hetchy. In 1913, he still felt he could win. The bill approving the dam cleared congress. Woodrow Wilson signed it into law. Muir finished a book on Alaska. Muir died in December 1914.Engaged writers & editors across the nation. Frank Olmstead JR wrote the statement of purpose reconciling the paradox between present use and preservation for the future. Lofty. Broad. Each generation has to interpret it. 1916: Woodrow Wilson signed into law the National Parks Service. Stephen Mather became the first Director. He had a breakdown 6 months later.

13. How big ass Yellowstone?

2 million acres.Engaged writers & editors across the nation. Frank Olmstead JR wrote the statement of purpose reconciling the paradox between present use and preservation for the future. Lofty. Broad. Each generation has to interpret it. 1916: Woodrow Wilson signed into law the National Parks Service. Stephen Mather became the first Director. He had a breakdown 6 months later.The Mariposa Battallion who were hunting Indians saw it in 1851. They thought it was the name of the people who lived there. It doesn't. It is a word that meant, those who should be feared.""Planned to dam Hetch-Hetchy. TR's Interior Secretary turned down application three times. Then, in 1906, the earthquake set off a fire. SF argued, inaccurately, that a dam there could have protected the city. The Sierra Club split. Gifford Pinchot stood against Muir. He felt it meant wise use of nature. He argued for The dam. Muir took his case to TR in 1908. TR sent Muir's letter to Pinchot for review. The Muir-Pinchot debate was very personal and very bitter. Muir: Hetch Hetchy was a cathedral. Pinchot: Hetch Hetchy was a resource first the common good. Tr & Pinchot supported dam. William Howard Taft was against. Woodrow Wilson was pro. Muir gave years of his life to defending Hetch Hetchy. In 1913, he still felt he could win. The bill approving the dam cleared congress. Woodrow Wilson signed it into law. Muir finished a book on Alaska. Muir died in December 1914.

14. Who was Frederick Law Olmstead?

Planned to dam Hetch-Hetchy. TR's Interior Secretary turned down application three times. Then, in 1906, the earthquake set off a fire. SF argued, inaccurately, that a dam there could have protected the city. The Sierra Club split. Gifford Pinchot stood against Muir. He felt it meant wise use of nature. He argued for The dam. Muir took his case to TR in 1908. TR sent Muir's letter to Pinchot for review. The Muir-Pinchot debate was very personal and very bitter. Muir: Hetch Hetchy was a cathedral. Pinchot: Hetch Hetchy was a resource first the common good. Tr & Pinchot supported dam. William Howard Taft was against. Woodrow Wilson was pro. Muir gave years of his life to defending Hetch Hetchy. In 1913, he still felt he could win. The bill approving the dam cleared congress. Woodrow Wilson signed it into law. Muir finished a book on Alaska. Muir died in December 1914.Engaged writers & editors across the nation. Frank Olmstead JR wrote the statement of purpose reconciling the paradox between present use and preservation for the future. Lofty. Broad. Each generation has to interpret it. 1916: Woodrow Wilson signed into law the National Parks Service. Stephen Mather became the first Director. He had a breakdown 6 months later.The Mariposa Battallion who were hunting Indians saw it in 1851. They thought it was the name of the people who lived there. It doesn't. It is a word that meant, those who should be feared.""The designer of Central Park who also argued for the protection of Yosemite.

15. How my land do the Natural Parks include?

The Mariposa Battallion who were hunting Indians saw it in 1851. They thought it was the name of the people who lived there. It doesn't. It is a word that meant, those who should be feared.""Planned to dam Hetch-Hetchy. TR's Interior Secretary turned down application three times. Then, in 1906, the earthquake set off a fire. SF argued, inaccurately, that a dam there could have protected the city. The Sierra Club split. Gifford Pinchot stood against Muir. He felt it meant wise use of nature. He argued for The dam. Muir took his case to TR in 1908. TR sent Muir's letter to Pinchot for review. The Muir-Pinchot debate was very personal and very bitter. Muir: Hetch Hetchy was a cathedral. Pinchot: Hetch Hetchy was a resource first the common good. Tr & Pinchot supported dam. William Howard Taft was against. Woodrow Wilson was pro. Muir gave years of his life to defending Hetch Hetchy. In 1913, he still felt he could win. The bill approving the dam cleared congress. Woodrow Wilson signed it into law. Muir finished a book on Alaska. Muir died in December 1914.Engaged writers & editors across the nation. Frank Olmstead JR wrote the statement of purpose reconciling the paradox between present use and preservation for the future. Lofty. Broad. Each generation has to interpret it. 1916: Woodrow Wilson signed into law the National Parks Service. Stephen Mather became the first Director. He had a breakdown 6 months later.84 million

16. Who was Stephen Mather?

A man who made his fortune selling borax. He'd discovered that he loved the wild lands. He complained about the management of national parks and Interior Secretary Lane hired him. Mather used his own money to spread his message.The Mariposa Battallion who were hunting Indians saw it in 1851. They thought it was the name of the people who lived there. It doesn't. It is a word that meant, those who should be feared.""Engaged writers & editors across the nation. Frank Olmstead JR wrote the statement of purpose reconciling the paradox between present use and preservation for the future. Lofty. Broad. Each generation has to interpret it. 1916: Woodrow Wilson signed into law the National Parks Service. Stephen Mather became the first Director. He had a breakdown 6 months later.Planned to dam Hetch-Hetchy. TR's Interior Secretary turned down application three times. Then, in 1906, the earthquake set off a fire. SF argued, inaccurately, that a dam there could have protected the city. The Sierra Club split. Gifford Pinchot stood against Muir. He felt it meant wise use of nature. He argued for The dam. Muir took his case to TR in 1908. TR sent Muir's letter to Pinchot for review. The Muir-Pinchot debate was very personal and very bitter. Muir: Hetch Hetchy was a cathedral. Pinchot: Hetch Hetchy was a resource first the common good. Tr & Pinchot supported dam. William Howard Taft was against. Woodrow Wilson was pro. Muir gave years of his life to defending Hetch Hetchy. In 1913, he still felt he could win. The bill approving the dam cleared congress. Woodrow Wilson signed it into law. Muir finished a book on Alaska. Muir died in December 1914.

17. Who was the greatest friend of the National Parks after TR?

FDR.Engaged writers & editors across the nation. Frank Olmstead JR wrote the statement of purpose reconciling the paradox between present use and preservation for the future. Lofty. Broad. Each generation has to interpret it. 1916: Woodrow Wilson signed into law the National Parks Service. Stephen Mather became the first Director. He had a breakdown 6 months later.Planned to dam Hetch-Hetchy. TR's Interior Secretary turned down application three times. Then, in 1906, the earthquake set off a fire. SF argued, inaccurately, that a dam there could have protected the city. The Sierra Club split. Gifford Pinchot stood against Muir. He felt it meant wise use of nature. He argued for The dam. Muir took his case to TR in 1908. TR sent Muir's letter to Pinchot for review. The Muir-Pinchot debate was very personal and very bitter. Muir: Hetch Hetchy was a cathedral. Pinchot: Hetch Hetchy was a resource first the common good. Tr & Pinchot supported dam. William Howard Taft was against. Woodrow Wilson was pro. Muir gave years of his life to defending Hetch Hetchy. In 1913, he still felt he could win. The bill approving the dam cleared congress. Woodrow Wilson signed it into law. Muir finished a book on Alaska. Muir died in December 1914.The Mariposa Battallion who were hunting Indians saw it in 1851. They thought it was the name of the people who lived there. It doesn't. It is a word that meant, those who should be feared.""

18. Who passed through Yellowstone in 1877?

The Mariposa Battallion who were hunting Indians saw it in 1851. They thought it was the name of the people who lived there. It doesn't. It is a word that meant, those who should be feared.""Planned to dam Hetch-Hetchy. TR's Interior Secretary turned down application three times. Then, in 1906, the earthquake set off a fire. SF argued, inaccurately, that a dam there could have protected the city. The Sierra Club split. Gifford Pinchot stood against Muir. He felt it meant wise use of nature. He argued for The dam. Muir took his case to TR in 1908. TR sent Muir's letter to Pinchot for review. The Muir-Pinchot debate was very personal and very bitter. Muir: Hetch Hetchy was a cathedral. Pinchot: Hetch Hetchy was a resource first the common good. Tr & Pinchot supported dam. William Howard Taft was against. Woodrow Wilson was pro. Muir gave years of his life to defending Hetch Hetchy. In 1913, he still felt he could win. The bill approving the dam cleared congress. Woodrow Wilson signed it into law. Muir finished a book on Alaska. Muir died in December 1914.Chief Joseph and his band being chased by the army. They shot some of the sight seers. As a result, all Indians were removed from Yellowstone.Engaged writers & editors across the nation. Frank Olmstead JR wrote the statement of purpose reconciling the paradox between present use and preservation for the future. Lofty. Broad. Each generation has to interpret it. 1916: Woodrow Wilson signed into law the National Parks Service. Stephen Mather became the first Director. He had a breakdown 6 months later.

19. Who formed the Boone & Crockett Club?

Planned to dam Hetch-Hetchy. TR's Interior Secretary turned down application three times. Then, in 1906, the earthquake set off a fire. SF argued, inaccurately, that a dam there could have protected the city. The Sierra Club split. Gifford Pinchot stood against Muir. He felt it meant wise use of nature. He argued for The dam. Muir took his case to TR in 1908. TR sent Muir's letter to Pinchot for review. The Muir-Pinchot debate was very personal and very bitter. Muir: Hetch Hetchy was a cathedral. Pinchot: Hetch Hetchy was a resource first the common good. Tr & Pinchot supported dam. William Howard Taft was against. Woodrow Wilson was pro. Muir gave years of his life to defending Hetch Hetchy. In 1913, he still felt he could win. The bill approving the dam cleared congress. Woodrow Wilson signed it into law. Muir finished a book on Alaska. Muir died in December 1914.Engaged writers & editors across the nation. Frank Olmstead JR wrote the statement of purpose reconciling the paradox between present use and preservation for the future. Lofty. Broad. Each generation has to interpret it. 1916: Woodrow Wilson signed into law the National Parks Service. Stephen Mather became the first Director. He had a breakdown 6 months later.The Mariposa Battallion who were hunting Indians saw it in 1851. They thought it was the name of the people who lived there. It doesn't. It is a word that meant, those who should be feared.""Grinnell & Roosevelt. They met when Grinnell wrote an article that was critical of Roosevelt's writing about the west. Grinnell drew Roosevelt into his own battles.

20. Where did TR go after Yellowstone in 1903?

Planned to dam Hetch-Hetchy. TR's Interior Secretary turned down application three times. Then, in 1906, the earthquake set off a fire. SF argued, inaccurately, that a dam there could have protected the city. The Sierra Club split. Gifford Pinchot stood against Muir. He felt it meant wise use of nature. He argued for The dam. Muir took his case to TR in 1908. TR sent Muir's letter to Pinchot for review. The Muir-Pinchot debate was very personal and very bitter. Muir: Hetch Hetchy was a cathedral. Pinchot: Hetch Hetchy was a resource first the common good. Tr & Pinchot supported dam. William Howard Taft was against. Woodrow Wilson was pro. Muir gave years of his life to defending Hetch Hetchy. In 1913, he still felt he could win. The bill approving the dam cleared congress. Woodrow Wilson signed it into law. Muir finished a book on Alaska. Muir died in December 1914.Engaged writers & editors across the nation. Frank Olmstead JR wrote the statement of purpose reconciling the paradox between present use and preservation for the future. Lofty. Broad. Each generation has to interpret it. 1916: Woodrow Wilson signed into law the National Parks Service. Stephen Mather became the first Director. He had a breakdown 6 months later.The Mariposa Battallion who were hunting Indians saw it in 1851. They thought it was the name of the people who lived there. It doesn't. It is a word that meant, those who should be feared.""To take a trip with Muir through Yosemite. Muir understood that this was his best chance to get the Yosemite Valley back Into federal control. Muir said he fell in love with Roosevelt. Roosevelt complained that Muir didn't know his bird songs. Muir told Roosevelt that he needed to get over killing animals. Also made his case. TR Spoke at the CA state house about preserving. 'We are not building this country of ours for a day. It is meant to last through the ages.' Within three years, Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove we're turned over to the federal government.

21. Who called the National Parks the best idea?

22. Who invented the National Wildlife Refuge System?

Planned to dam Hetch-Hetchy. TR's Interior Secretary turned down application three times. Then, in 1906, the earthquake set off a fire. SF argued, inaccurately, that a dam there could have protected the city. The Sierra Club split. Gifford Pinchot stood against Muir. He felt it meant wise use of nature. He argued for The dam. Muir took his case to TR in 1908. TR sent Muir's letter to Pinchot for review. The Muir-Pinchot debate was very personal and very bitter. Muir: Hetch Hetchy was a cathedral. Pinchot: Hetch Hetchy was a resource first the common good. Tr & Pinchot supported dam. William Howard Taft was against. Woodrow Wilson was pro. Muir gave years of his life to defending Hetch Hetchy. In 1913, he still felt he could win. The bill approving the dam cleared congress. Woodrow Wilson signed it into law. Muir finished a book on Alaska. Muir died in December 1914.Engaged writers & editors across the nation. Frank Olmstead JR wrote the statement of purpose reconciling the paradox between present use and preservation for the future. Lofty. Broad. Each generation has to interpret it. 1916: Woodrow Wilson signed into law the National Parks Service. Stephen Mather became the first Director. He had a breakdown 6 months later.TR. He started declaring national sanctuaries without the need of involving Congress.The Mariposa Battallion who were hunting Indians saw it in 1851. They thought it was the name of the people who lived there. It doesn't. It is a word that meant, those who should be feared.""

23. What are the oldest living things on earth?

Planned to dam Hetch-Hetchy. TR's Interior Secretary turned down application three times. Then, in 1906, the earthquake set off a fire. SF argued, inaccurately, that a dam there could have protected the city. The Sierra Club split. Gifford Pinchot stood against Muir. He felt it meant wise use of nature. He argued for The dam. Muir took his case to TR in 1908. TR sent Muir's letter to Pinchot for review. The Muir-Pinchot debate was very personal and very bitter. Muir: Hetch Hetchy was a cathedral. Pinchot: Hetch Hetchy was a resource first the common good. Tr & Pinchot supported dam. William Howard Taft was against. Woodrow Wilson was pro. Muir gave years of his life to defending Hetch Hetchy. In 1913, he still felt he could win. The bill approving the dam cleared congress. Woodrow Wilson signed it into law. Muir finished a book on Alaska. Muir died in December 1914.Engaged writers & editors across the nation. Frank Olmstead JR wrote the statement of purpose reconciling the paradox between present use and preservation for the future. Lofty. Broad. Each generation has to interpret it. 1916: Woodrow Wilson signed into law the National Parks Service. Stephen Mather became the first Director. He had a breakdown 6 months later.Joshua treesThe Mariposa Battallion who were hunting Indians saw it in 1851. They thought it was the name of the people who lived there. It doesn't. It is a word that meant, those who should be feared.""

24. What was the 5th National Park?

25. Who called for the creation of a Nation's Park" to save the buffalo?"

The Mariposa Battallion who were hunting Indians saw it in 1851. They thought it was the name of the people who lived there. It doesn't. It is a word that meant, those who should be feared.""Engaged writers & editors across the nation. Frank Olmstead JR wrote the statement of purpose reconciling the paradox between present use and preservation for the future. Lofty. Broad. Each generation has to interpret it. 1916: Woodrow Wilson signed into law the National Parks Service. Stephen Mather became the first Director. He had a breakdown 6 months later.Artist George CatlinPlanned to dam Hetch-Hetchy. TR's Interior Secretary turned down application three times. Then, in 1906, the earthquake set off a fire. SF argued, inaccurately, that a dam there could have protected the city. The Sierra Club split. Gifford Pinchot stood against Muir. He felt it meant wise use of nature. He argued for The dam. Muir took his case to TR in 1908. TR sent Muir's letter to Pinchot for review. The Muir-Pinchot debate was very personal and very bitter. Muir: Hetch Hetchy was a cathedral. Pinchot: Hetch Hetchy was a resource first the common good. Tr & Pinchot supported dam. William Howard Taft was against. Woodrow Wilson was pro. Muir gave years of his life to defending Hetch Hetchy. In 1913, he still felt he could win. The bill approving the dam cleared congress. Woodrow Wilson signed it into law. Muir finished a book on Alaska. Muir died in December 1914.

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