The writings of John Muir (1838-1914), American naturalist and explorer, are important for their scientific observations and their contributions to the cause of conservation. John Muir was born in Dunbar, Scotland, on April 21, 1838. If his...

On a May morning in 1903 two men pose for a photograph at Glacier Point, above Yosemite Valley in the heart of the Sierra Nevada of California. They have slept the night in the open and have woken under a blanket of four inches of snow. The man dressed...

John Muir is one of the most important figures in the history of the American conservation movement. A self-styled "poetico-trampo-geologist-bot. and ornith-natural, etc!-!-!," he remains a strong influence on environmentalists, and except for the...

John Muir is considered one of the towering giants of the conservation/environmental movement in the United States. Anyone seriously interested in natural history, conservation, wilderness preservation, or the national parks in this country should be...

Scottish-born American naturalist John Muir—naturalist, conservationist, mountaineer, and chronicler of the American frontier—was born in Dunbar, Scotland on April 21, 1838. During his lifetime, Muir published more than 300 articles and...

John Muir (April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914) was one of the first modern preservationists. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, and wildlife, especially in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, were read by...

The forest has been protected and restored. And it's easier to get there WHEN JOHN MUIR learned in 1908 that his name would grace a new redwood preserve in Marin County, he wrote, "This is the best tree-lover's monument that could possibly...

John Muir is acknowledged as the father of the environmental movement. He convinced Pres Theodore Roosevelt to create the national park system and save the sequoia tree from excessive logging. Muir won over the people of his day with his sound logic and reasoning....

Demographics: Advocates of population stabilization -- a euphemism for population reduction -- are highly skilled at gaining attention for their cause. They're not so good, though, at dealing with the facts.From the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which favors a global population of less than 1...

A fast-growing blaze in southwestern South Dakota killed one person and destroyed 20 homes Sunday, while hundreds of people evacuated homes in the path of a fire in Washington state.In Nevada, about 1,500 evacuees were allowed home hours after a 39-square-mile wildfire burned into the...

In the following excerpt, Brooks explores the lives and writings of the naturalists John Muir and John Burroughs, claiming that the two men made Americans recognize the natural world as part of their culture by revealing poetic truth behind scientific facts.