GEOG 328 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hetch Hetchy, Half-Breed, Boosterism
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Early preservationist conservationists were successful in protecting areas at the end of the 19th century into the early 20th century from industrial. Zones were set aside for primary recreation (e. g. areas, national parks, wilderness preserves) --> the idea that humans will go into nature and. John muir (key early american conservationist) - lived from 1838-1914. Periodical nature writer, a mechanical engineer/machinist but he was a. Conservationist --> he worked to establish yosemite national park after he was injured in a work accident (leading to a revelation) He starts his conservationist approach by guiding people into the mountains and writing publications on it --> this was his way of influencing the general public. He was a prime mover of the establishment of national parks in the. Us --> he influenced the us to establish these parks. He would guide painters to natural landscapes to paint these depictions. 1907: john muir publishes a publication as an effort to prevent the.
