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	John Muir Wilderness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The John Muir Wilderness is a wilderness area that extends along the crest of the Sierra Nevada of California, USA for approximately 100 miles (150 km), in the Inyo and Sierra National Forests.
		The wilderness extends from Reds Meadow (near Mammoth Mountain) in the north, to south of Mount Whitney.
		The wilderness area also spans the Sierra north of Kings Canyon National Park, and extends on the west side of the park down to the Monarch Wilderness.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Muir_Wilderness (233 words)

	John Muir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Muir was born in the historic royal burgh of Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland to Daniel Muir and Ann Gilrye.
		The John Muir Trail, the John Muir Wilderness, the Muir Woods National Monument, John Muir College (a residential college of the University of California, San Diego), and John Muir Country Park in Dunbar are named in his honour.
		An image of John Muir, with the California Condor and Half Dome, appears on the California state quarter which was released in 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Muir (1743 words)

	John Muir
		John Muir (April 21, 1838 - December 24, 1914) was an environmentalist, naturalist, traveler, writer, and scientist.
		Muir was born in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland and grew up on a Wisconsin farm.
		The John Muir Trail, the John Muir Wilderness, the Muir Woods National Monument, Muir College (a part of the University of California, San Diego), and John Muir Beach in Dunbar are named in his honor.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/john_muir.html (1479 words)

	MSN Encarta - John Muir
		In 1892 Muir and some of his supporters founded the Sierra Club, dedicated to the exploration and preservation of American wildlife and wilderness.
		In recognition of Muir's efforts as a conservationist and crusader for national parks, Muir Woods National Monument was established in 1908.
		Muir’s home in Martinez, California, along with his gravesite and part of his fruit orchard, were designated the John Muir National Historic Site in 1964.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761560566/Muir_John.html (562 words)

	The Introduction to 'John Muir: The Wilderness Journeys', by Graham White (1996) - John Muir Exhibit (John Muir ...
		John Muir is truly revered; not as some intellectual fossil, enshrined in a marble hall of fame, but as a living spirit -- an environmental zeitgeist, whose words reverberate through the conservation movement on both sides of the Atlantic, with increasing resonance and relevance.
		JOHN MUIR, Foster son of Wisconsin born in Scotland April 21, 1838 He came to America as a lad of eleven, spent his 'teen years in hard work clearing the farm across this lake, carving out a home in the wilderness.
		John Muir's imagination was sparked with fireside tales: of vast prairies and endless forests, inhabited by bears, wolves, mountain lions and wild, war-bonneted indians; of maple trees dripping sweet sugar, and rocks studded with nuggets of yellow gold.
	www.sierraclub.org /john_muir_exhibit/life/john_muir_the_wilderness_journeys_introduction_by_graham_white.html (4264 words)

	WER: John Muir
		Muir's close observations upon the motion and work of glaciers, first the small ones of the Sierra, and later the mighty ones of Alaska, were important contributions to the knowledge of these great agents of erosion.
		Muir was able to do what he did only by possessing a most wonderful combination of clear eye, unfaltering nerve, and limbs of great strength and endurance.
		The great public service of John Muir was leading the nation through his writings to appreciate the grandeur of our mountains and the beauty and variety of their plant and animal life, and the consequent necessity for holding forever as a heritage for all the people the most precious of these great scenic areas.
	www.library.wisc.edu /etext/WIReader/WER0148.html (3249 words)

	John Muir Wilderness -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The wilderness extends from Reds Meadow (near (Click link for more info and facts about Mammoth Mountain) Mammoth Mountain) in the north, to south of (The highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California (14,494 feet high)) Mount Whitney.
		The wilderness area also spans the Sierra north of (A national park in California that has giant sequoia trees and alpine lakes and glaciers) Kings Canyon National Park, and extends on the west side of the park down to the Monarch Wilderness.
		The wilderness area also includes California (Wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns) Bighorn Sheep Zoological Areas, which is set aside for the protection of the species.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/john_muir_wilderness.htm (397 words)

	John Muir Wilderness, Trailheads, Wilderness Permits, Inyo National Forest, Mt. Whitney, - Mammoth Lakes City Concierge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This wilderness was named after John Muir, who referred to the Sierra Nevada as "the most beautiful of all the mountain chains".
		The John Muir Trail (JMT) extends 212 miles from Mt. Whitney on the south to Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley on the north.
		PERMIT REQUIREMENTS: Wilderness visitor permits are required winter and summer, for entry into the John Muir and adjoining Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park, National Forest and National Parks wilderness areas for overnight or longer trips.
	www.cityconcierge.com /activities/john_muir.shtml (1068 words)

	John Muir Exhibit
		The John Muir Exhibit features the life and legacy of John Muir: naturalist, writer, conservationist, and founder of the Sierra Club.
		In 1892, John Muir and other supporters formed the Sierra Club "to make the mountains glad." John Muir was the Club's first president, an office he held until his death in 1914.
		On April 15, 2000, John Muir's vision was behind the Presidential Proclamation of Giant Sequoia National Monument, a process which John Muir was instrumental in starting nearly 100 years ago by urging President Theodore Roosevelt to protect America's treasures under the authority of the Antiquities Act of 1906.
	www.sierraclub.org /john_muir_exhibit (706 words)

	John Muir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		John Muir was born in 1838 in April on the 21st and died in 1914 in December on the 24th.
		John Muir was born in Scotland and at the age of ten traveled to Wisconsin in the USA.
		John Muir and a few other people who cared about the wilderness formed a club called the Sierra Club.
	www.framingham.k12.ma.us /Dunning/johnmuir.htm (175 words)

	Forest Magazine Article: Hijack
		In the John Muir Wilderness, about 90 percent of the lakes contain nonnative trout, but trout are found in only 50 percent of Kings Canyon’s lakes.
		The Wilderness Act of 1964 states, “Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the several States with respect to wildlife and fish in the national forests.” Forest Service policies permit aerial stocking of fish in wilderness if the program was established prior to wilderness designation.
		He’s managing a joint project in the Bob Marshall Wilderness to chemically treat a number of lakes with rotenone to kill stocked populations of rainbow and Yellowstone cutthroat trout, which are escaping into streams and inlets and hybridizing with native westslope cutthroat.
	www.fseee.org /forestmag/0103brooks.shtml (2635 words)

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		Wilderness Act of 1964, the John Muir Wilderness spans over 100 miles along the Sierra's crest.
		The John Muir Wilderness houses the headwaters of the South and Middle Forks of the San Joaquin River as well as the North Fork of the Kings River.
		Cottonwood Lakes in the southern John Muir Wilderness: It is catch and release at Cottonwood Lakes 1, 2, 3, and 4.
	www.sierranevadawild.net /wildernesses/John_Muir_Wilderness.htm (501 words)

	Sierra National Forest - Recreation, Wilderness Areas
		The Wilderness is located in both the Sierra and Inyo National Forests and covers approximately 228,500 acres (138,660 acres are in Sierra National Forest).
		Sixteen lakes are clustered in the west central region of the Wilderness.
		The John Muir extends along the crest of the Sierra Nevada from Mammoth Lakes southeastward for a distance of about 30 miles then forks around the boundary of Kings Canyon National Park to the Crown Valley and Mt. Whitney regions.
	www.fs.fed.us /r5/sierra/recreation/wilderness/areas.shtml (694 words)

	John Muir Association - Martinez - California (formerly John Muir Memorial Association)
		The John Muir Association is the premier National Park Service supporting association promoting the legacy and home of John Muir – The Father of our National Parks.
		The JMA supports and promotes the life and writing legacy of preservationist/naturalist John Muir through educational, collections and interpretive activities at the 338-acre Muir Historical Site, Victorian home, orchard ranch and 1849 original Martinez family adobe.
		Please join with us as we celebrate John Muir's contribution to the conservation movement, and work for passing on to a new generation Muir's passionate defense of the wilderness - an issue even more relevant today than in Muir's time.
	www.johnmuir.org /martinez (348 words)

	Sherpa Guides \| California \| Sierra Nevada \| Eastern Sierra \| John Muir Wilderness
		The southernmost glacier in the United States is located in the Muir wilderness, and a major part of Mount Whitney is in the wilderness.
		Muir was known for solo journeys into the Sierra Nevada, among Alaska's glaciers, and across the world.
		Though the granite in the Muir wilderness looks pretty worn and old in some places, it is among the youngest rock in this part of the range—forming perhaps 80 million years ago, as opposed to some that formed more than 150 million years ago.
	www.sherpaguides.com /california/mountains/eastern_sierra/john_muir_wilderness.html (3521 words)

	Muir, John -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		For many readers, the naturalist John Muir's My First Summer in the Sierra, a diary of camping and exploration in 1869, is one of the classics of American geographic writing.
		Muir, the founder of the Sierra Club (1892), a conservationist group concerned with the preservation of the scenic resources of the Sierra Nevada and like areas of the United States, dedicated his...
		U.S. environmental and conservation organization, founded in California 1892; naturalist John Muir first president; originally founded to sponsor wilderness outings, soon became involved in political action for nature conservation; educates public on environmental issues and lobbies government bodies for environmental legislation; active in all states; headquarters in...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9054182&ref=news0605 (760 words)

	GORP - John Muir Wilderness, California
		The 581,000 acre John Muir Wilderness is the largest wilderness in California.
		The wilderness is located in prime central Sierra Nevada, and it is the most visited wilderness in the state The wilderness is characterized by snow-capped mountains, hundreds of alpine lakes and streams.
		The John Muir and Pacific Crest Trails traverse the area..
	gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_wilderness_area/ca_john.htm (351 words)

	About John Muir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		John Muir (1838-1914) is the founder of the modern world conservation movement.
		During his explorations of the High Sierra and Alaska (1870 - 1890), Muir became aware of the threats to such wild places, and was the first to clearly call for their conservation.
		Stickeen by John Muir, rewritten by Donnell Dubay.
	www.jmt.org /award/award/johnmuir.html (338 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on John Muir Wilderness at Epinions.com
		The John Muir Wilderness stretches nearly 100 miles from just southeast of Yosemite National Park, along the High Sierra crest all the way to the southeastern limit of Sequoia National Park.
		Walking and packing are the only methods of travel here, and the wilderness has hundreds of miles of trails, some of the most beautiful trails anywhere in the world.
		Within the Muir Wilderness, the PCT and JMT follow the same route, which is everywhere beautiful and often spectacular.
	www.epinions.com /content_9743863428 (621 words)

	Sierra Club Outings \| John Muir Wilderness Service, California \| 05292A
		In 1889, John Muir described himself as a "self-styled poetico-tramp-geologist-bot and ornith-natural, etc.!!!" Muir spent his life advocating for the protection of the wild parts of the Sierra Nevada, and believed that the best way to build public support for wilderness protection was to get people to see these wild places for themselves.
		The John Muir Wilderness encompasses many of the lands that Muir explored in the late 1800s.
		There is a fair amount of flexibility on our trips, and we endeavor to allow you time to enjoy the solitude of the wilderness, but we expect you to be reasonably tolerant of the frailties of fellow members and prepared to make some sacrifices for the good of the group.
	www.sierraclub.org /outings/national/brochure/05292a.asp (1905 words)

	Bagging Point Powell -- John Muir Wilderness, CA
		For the second weekend of the summer, we scored a coveted wilderness permit for the Sabrina Basin near Bishop.
		Mount Powell lies on the geographic boundary between the John Muir Wilderness and Kings Canyon National Park, about halfway between the more well-known landmarks of Mount Humphreys and the Palisades.
		While Point Powell is not the highest of three summits (it is lower than Point John by a mere four feet), it is undeniably the most aesthetic of the three and a challenging climb.
	www.tahoebackcountry.net /features/powell (691 words)

	JOHN MUIR WILDERNESS INTRODUCTION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The John Muir Wilderness is characterized by deep canyons, meadows and many streams and lakes.
		Wood and trash fires are prohibited in many areas of the John Muir Wilderness.
		A hunting license i CALIFORNIA BIGHORN SHEEP: The California Bighorn Sheep Zoological Area is located within the John Muir Wilderness, was established by the Inyo National Forest to minimize human disturbance in key sheep areas.
	www.thesierraweb.com /generalinfo/muir.html (983 words)

	The Wilderness World of John Muir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		During John Muir's extraordinary life as a conservationist, he traveled through most of the American wilderness alone and on foot, without a gun or a sleeping bag.
		In 1903, while on a three-day camping trip with President Theodore Roosevelt, he convinced the president of the importance of a national conservation program, and he is given major credit for saving the Grand Canyon and Arizona's Petrified Forest.
		Muir's writing, based on journals he kept throughout his life, gives our generation a picture of an America still wild and unsettled only one hundred years ago.
	www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com /catalog/searchresults.cfm?adv=y&authorID=4460 (141 words)

	California Wilderness Coalition: protecting our wild lands
		We are also addressing the Bush Administration's ban on more wilderness as well as the controversial RS 2477, with which county governments and others are claiming thousands of spurious "rights-of-way" to build roads across our national parks, forests, wilderness, and other public lands.
		We have created maps of potential state wilderness and are now in the process of sending staff and volunteers to field-check areas eligible for wilderness protection.
		The California Wilderness Coalition's Citizen Wilderness Inventory identified millions of acres of wild lands that still qualify for wilderness designation in California.
	www.calwild.org (417 words)

	Wildernet - Pineridge Ranger District
		- The John Muir Wilderness encompasses approximately 584,000 acres in the Sierra and Inyo National Forests.
		The Ansel Adams and John Muir Wilderness Areas cover the district's eastern portion.
		Florence and Edison lake are surrounded by wilderness areas and offer primitive and developed campsites on their shores.
	www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=051403&CU_ID=127 (540 words)

	Sierra National Forest - Recreation, Wilderness Areas
		The Sierra National Forest is responsible for managing five wilderness areas including: Ansel Adams, Dinkey Lakes, John Muir, Kaiser and Monarch Wilderness areas.
		Today, backpackers into wilderness areas are urged to use Leave No Trace ethics which encourages cooking on camp stoves and avoiding building campfires.
		Wilderness visitor’s who plan to travel into an adjacent National Park should be aware that National Parks do not permit pets.
	www.fs.fed.us /r5/sierra/recreation/wilderness/index.shtml (770 words)

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