Margaret Murie

A writer and conservationist, Murie championed preserving the wilds of Alaska. "Mardy", as she was known, grew up in a log cabin in Alaska, and was the first woman to graduate from the University of Alaska. She and her husband Olaus, who was a biologist for the U.S. Biological Survey (the forerunner of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service), worked together doing biological surveys in Alaska, and pressed to preserve vast tracts there. Their efforts resulted in President Dwight D. Eisenhower creating the eight million acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in 1960, which President Jimmy Carter expanded in 1980. The Muries also campaigned to preserve wild lands nationwide. After her husband's death in 1963, President Lyndon B. Johnson invited Murie to the White House to attend the signing of the Wilderness Act. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1998. Murie died October 19 at her Wyoming ranch. She was 101. From This is True for 19 October 2003 Suggestions for further reading: The Firecracker Boys: H-bombs, Inupiat Eskimos, and the Roots of the Environm... by Dan O'Neill Amazon Price: $12.96 Customer Review: A fascinating account of a ludicrous plan by top US scientists to destroy the culture and land of a Alaska's native people. Well written with interesting details filling out a comprehensive image of Alaska's role in cold war history. An...   Sea Otter Rescue by Roland Smith Amazon Price: $6.99 Customer Review: I have to say that this is a great book that shows you the passion an author can have for what he or she is writing about(especially if the author explains his reasoning, feelings, and regrets about his book to you !*personally*!). Not to mention th...   The Great Alaska Adventure!: Junior Explorer SeriesBook 2 (Jeff Corwin) by Jeff Corwin Amazon Price: $4.99   A Naturalist in Alaska by Adolph Murie Amazon Price: $17.05 Customer Review: I came upon Murie's "A Naturalist in Alaska" after having read two of his other books, "The Wolves of Mt. McKinley" and "The Grizzlies of Mt. McKinley," and I found "A Naturalist in Alaska" to be the most readable of the three. In fact, if one is in...   Travels in Alaska by John Muir Amazon Price: $8.00 Customer Review: I have traveled to Alaska twice, and I simply cannot get enough of the glaciers. I wanted to read this because I had heard that Muir too felt the same that I feel of the glaciers. I was NOT disappointed! His trek to seek out the glaciers reminds m...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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