"Perhaps the real enemy of wilderness is an invalid American dream. Perhaps too late we are learning that a diet of metal and oil will kill us. Perhaps too late we will discover that valid new frontiers exist in the spirit, and in technology and that no matter where the new frontiers will be, humans cannot do without wilderness."
Mardy Murie, from her book "Journeys to the Far North"
Published in 1973.
"Mardy Murie, born in 1902 and tirelessly championed the environment for more than seven decades. Her work led to the founding of The Wilderness Society and the establishment of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. She is known as, "the mother of the conservation movement." At age 96, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Her life spanned nearly one hundred years. One third of her life was growing up in the wilds of Alaska. A third of her life she discovered the environmental visions that she shared with her husband Olaus Murie, a famous biologist and co founder/director of The Wilderness Society. And a third of her life she gave back to the wild land and the enchanted places that shaped her extraordinary spirit."
Her story is called "Arctic Dance." Check it out,she is truly an inspiration to me and I hope to you..
What kind of value do you hold for the wilderness??
"Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little." Edmund Burke
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