Get to Know the Story Behind Muir’s “The Mountains Are Calling” Quote
John Muir by Carelton Watkins – 1873
John Muir, author of the popular quote “…the mountains are calling and I must go…” was born in 1838 and was one of …
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Understanding Public Lands and Why They Matter: Part 3
The Conservation Era and its’ Public Lands Advocates: Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir
In Part One of our story on Understanding Public Lands in the United States and why they matter, …
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Best of Basin & Range Magazine 2017 – The Year in Review
2017 will go down as a memorable year for our readers. This year’s Year in Review saw the changing of the US President – signifying not only a simple change …
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Understanding Public Lands and Why They Matter: Part 2
In Part One of our story on the history of Public Lands in the United States and why they matter, we looked at the early years immediately after the Louisiana Purchase …
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Understanding Public Lands and Why They Matter: Part 1
If you’ve been paying attention to US political news recently, you may have caught glimpses of headlines highlighting Public Lands. From the armed standoffs in Oregon and Nevada, Patagonia’s boycotting …
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The Value of Protecting the West’s Public Lands
From overheated standoffs in Nevada and Oregon of 2015 and ’16, to the U.S’ National Park’s 100th anniversary celebrations, to the various attention grabbing animal encounters happening this summer in …
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America’s National Park Service Turn 100 This Year
“There is nothing so American as our national parks, and the idea behind the parks is that the country belongs to (you) the people.” President FDR
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