Scottish-American naturalist, writer, and activist who co-founded the Sierra Club and became the philosophical voice of wilderness preservation in America.
Wilderness has intrinsic value independent of human use; mountains, forests, and glaciers are temples of the divine; the human soul requires wilderness for its health. Co-founded the Sierra Club and successfully lobbied for Yosemite National Park.
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