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Margaret Murie, American environmentalist and author (died 2003)

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Margaret Murie

American naturalist and author

Margaret Elizabeth Thomas "Mardy" Murie was a naturalist, writer, adventurer, and conservationist. Dubbed the "Grandmother of the Conservation Movement" by both the Sierra Club and the Wilderness Society, she helped in the passage of the Wilderness Act, and was instrumental in…
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August 18

Day of the year

August 18 is the 230th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 135 days remain until the end of the year.
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