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	Margaret Murie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Margaret "Mardy" Thomas Murie (August 18, 1902 – October 19, 2003) was the enabling force behind the Wilderness Act in the United States, and the protection of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
		Mardy Murie was born in Seattle, Washington in 1902 and then moved to Fairbanks, Alaska in 1911.
		Murie was the first woman to graduate from the University of Alaska in 1924.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Margaret_Murie (262 words)

	AHC Wyoming Citizen of the Century Community Service Finalists
		In 1927 Olaus Murie was assigned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department to study the elk herd at Jackson Hole, which appeared to be declining.
		Olaus Murie eventually became director of the Wilderness Society, and working in conjunction with his wife, was instrumental in the preservation of two major wilderness areas, Grand Teton National Park and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
		Margaret Murie continues to work for conservation causes and in recognition of her work received the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom, in 1998.
	ahc.uwyo.edu /eduoutreach/citizen/community.htm (462 words)

	Margaret Murie -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Mardy Murie was born in (Click link for more info and facts about Seattle, Washington) Seattle, Washington in 1902 and then moved to (Click link for more info and facts about Fairbanks, Alaska) Fairbanks, Alaska in 1911.
		Murie was the first woman to graduate from the (Click link for more info and facts about University of Alaska) University of Alaska in 1924.
		Mardy Murie also hatched the idea of the Wilderness Act, which was passed by the (The legislature of the United States government) United States Congress in 1964.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/margaret_murie.htm (311 words)

	Olaus Johan Murie
		Murie was also a president of the Wildlife Society and a director of the Izaak Walton League of America.
		Murie engaged in numerous battles throughout the west, testifying, lobbying, heightening public awareness of what it was about to lose forever from the natural legacy.
		Murie was a national leader and effective advocate for the conservation movement, but he remained a skilled naturalist and retained a love of the simple life.
	www.rpts.tamu.edu /pugsley/Murie.htm (2052 words)

	Press: Two in the Far North: by Margaret Murie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Murie is not a preacher; she shows through example the power and necessity of wilderness.
		The author, Margaret Murie, is the widow of Olaus Murie, biologist and former leader of the Wilderness Society.
		Murie recounts encounters with sourdoughs, riverboat workers and Native potlatches, and all are vividly drawn with noteworthy attention to nuance and detail.
	www.anchoragepress.com /archives/documentc122.html (743 words)

	Natural Resources - January/February 1998 - Sierra Magazine - Sierra Club
		Margaret Murie, a Life for Nature Margaret E. Murie and her biologist husband, Olaus, spent their honeymoon mushing huskies up a frozen Alaskan creek in sub-zero snow squalls.
		Murie's writing is akin to John Muir's: she conveys not only the physical presence of the wilderness, but also the sublime awareness wilderness can evoke in us.
		Murie's homespun activism earned her the Sierra Club's John Muir Award in 1983-though she maintains today, at 95, that all she did was "make cookies and serve tea." While her baking may be excellent, it is her words that invite her guests-and her readers-to keep nature's "omnipotence at work" undisturbed.
	www.sierraclub.org /sierra/199801/natural.asp (1647 words)

	Two in the Far North (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Margaret Murie (known as "Mardy"), gives as Alaska from a true insider's perspective, as one who grew up with it, knows it in her bones, and loves it the way we love our closest family.
		Murie has a remarkable eye; her descriptive powers rival McPhee's but her tone is more one of powerful affection rather than awe.
		Murie successfully bridges the personal and the political, her own life and her life's work, her love for one man and her love for their work together.
	909054.onlinesportdiscount.com /3930393035342d312d30383832343034383958.html (919 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- 'Mother Wilderness' dies at Wyoming ranch at 101
		Murie, who was instrumental in enacting the Wilderness Act and creating the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, died Sunday at her ranch in Grand Teton National Park.
		Murie and her late husband Olaus, a wildlife biologist, are credited with playing a pivotal role in the enactment of the 1964 Wilderness Act and creation of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
		Murie is survived by her sister, Louise "Weezy" Murie-MacLeod; three children, Martin, Joanne and Donald; nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20031020-1333-wst-obit-murie.html (280 words)

	Reed Magazine: November 1998 > Defending Wild Places (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Margaret Mardy Murie '23 still lives in the Moose, Wyoming, log cabin where pilgrims have come for decades to experience her warm hospitality and absorb her special wisdom about wilderness.
		It is a life that she shared for 39 years with the eminent wildlife biologist Olaus Murie (1889-1963), her spouse and partner in the crusade to champion the protection of America's natural treasures.
		Murie, wearing a fl dress and a red wool jacket bearing an Indian blanket motif, wiped away a tear and stared up at President Clinton from her wheelchair as he placed the medal around her neck and said, "We still have work to do."
	web.reed.edu /reed_magazine/nov1998/defending (381 words)

	Wilderness.net
		This summer, The Murie Center is celebrating 40 years of wilderness and the life of Mardy Murie in a symposium on the historic Murie Ranch.
		The center is located on the historic Murie Ranch in Grand Teton National Park, where it carries forward the values inherent in the Muries' teachings: respect for nature, the importance of wilderness, and the opportunities for responsible action.
		Margaret (Mardy) Murie is fondly called the Grandmother of the Conservation Movement, but her love of the land began at a young age.
	www.wilderness.net /index.cfm?fuse=feature0704 (2453 words)

	Tidepool \| Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Margaret Elizabeth Thomas was born in Seattle in 1902, but she grew up in the frontier town of Fairbanks, Alaska.
		For the three decades after Olaus's death, the Murie Ranch continued to be a place of pilgrimage for conservationists, and the impact of Mardy's direct, personal approach can be measured in the astonishing number of people who recall time spent with her as a life-changing experience.
		Mardy Murie, senior woman of the wilderness movement, has helped generations of men and women understand and then articulate their devotion to the work of preserving wild landscapes.
	www.tidepool.org /original_content.cfm?articleid=94945 (1565 words)

	Olaus J. Murie Award - The Father of Modern Elk Management (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It didn’t take Murie long to literally trip over the root problem, complaining to Margaret on their first official outing that the country was so “tracked up” with cattle that it seriously interfered with his ability to conduct elk research.
		But the Muries — Mardy was always there slugging away at her husband’s side — did prevail on other important fronts, such as halting yet another damming of the Colorado River, which would have flooded much of Dinosaur National Monument in Colorado and Utah.
		No doubt, the Muries’ most difficult and rewarding environmental battle was the effort to establish a major wildlife refuge in their beloved Alaska, culminating in a 1960 victory.
	www.rmef.org /pages/murie_father.html (1793 words)

	Conservationist Margaret "Mardy" Murie has died (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Seattle-born Murie, who was instrumental in enacting the Wilderness Act, died Sunday at her ranch in Grand Teton National Park.
		Murie and her late husband, Olaus, a wildlife biologist, are credited with sowing the seeds for the 1964 Wilderness Act -- which banned development on millions of acres in national forests, parks and other land -- and creation of the wildlife refuge.
		Mardy Murie, he said, remained closely involved with the group in her old age and committed to conservation, whether testifying before lawmakers or talking to young people over cookies at her ranch in Moose.
	www.talkaboutpets.com /group/alt.wolves/messages/55237.html (564 words)

	University Of Alaska, Stories
		She is a woman governed by curiosity, a mother of this nation's conservation movement, a scholar and a cookie baker, a confidante of congressmen and a connoisseur of swimming holes, a magnet for youth and an example of aging grace.
		Her books and articles have been read by three generations, and through her support of the Tetons Science School, she is working to influence another generation to respect and care for the outdoors.
		Margaret Murie died in her home October 19, 2003.
	www.alaska.edu /opa/eInfo/index.xml?StoryID=163 (685 words)

	Points West Article - Margaret Murie: Sunlight Aura and Spine of Steel
		She also worked with other conservation leaders to bring about the passage of the 1964 Wilderness Act, legislation that enabled Congress to set aside select areasâ”in national forests, wildlife refuges, parks and other federal landsâ”to be kept permanently unchanged by humans.
		In 1927, the Muries moved to Wyoming to study the largest elk herd in North America, which was dying mysteriously.
		All quotes from Margaret Murieâs writings, unless otherwise noted, are taken from either Two in the Far North, written by herself, or Wapiti Wilderness, which she co-authored with her husband, Olaus Murie.
	www.bbhc.org /pointsWest/PWArticle.cfm?ArticleID=135 (1762 words)

	SIERRA CLUB REMEMBERS MARDY MURIE, GRANDMOTHER OF CONSERVATION
		Margaret Murie, known to many as the "Grandmother of the Conservation Movement," passed away yesterday at her home in Moose, Wyoming, at the age of 101.
		In that year, she married naturalist Olaus Murie - then with the U.S. Biological Survey - and the duo promptly departed on a caribou research expedition, mushing their way across the Brooks Range and Arctic Wildlife Range.
		The story of that wilderness honeymoon is told in Murie’s book, "Two in the Far North," a classic account based on her journals.
	www.sierraclub.org /pressroom/releases/pr2003-10-20.asp (496 words)

	University Of Alaska, Stories
		Sitting in her comfortable armchair, her white hair neatly braided in a bun, her jewery discreet and her clothes spotlessly pressed, Murie takes obvious delight in the enthusiasm of guests who are decades younger than she.
		She loves to go out with her young friends for Mexican food, walks at least a half-mile in the summertime, and between June and September takes a daily dip in the cold waters of her favorite swimming hole, a quiet pool in the Snake River.
		In 1998, at the age of 96, Mardy Murie received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Clinton.
	www.alaska.edu /opa/eInfo/index.xml?StoryID=167 (751 words)

	Blog of Death: Mardy Murie
		Margaret Thomas Murie, the grandmother of the modern conservation movement, died on Oct. 19.
		Murie grew up in Fairbanks, Alaska, and became the first woman to graduate from the state university.
		Murie and her husband were instrumental in the passage of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, the greatest land preservation act in U.S. history.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/000428.html (248 words)

	BBHC - News & Services
		Swanson presents the story of Murie's life and describes the tireless dedication she and husband Olaus maintained in their efforts to preserve nature.
		Affectionately known by many as the "grandmother of the conservation movement," Murie was formally recognized for her efforts by President Jimmy Carter, was awarded the Audubon Medal and the Sierra Club's John Muir Award, and was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1998 by President Bill Clinton.
		After her husband died in 1963, Murie continued their life's passion, protecting some of the last wild places on Earth.
	www.bbhc.org /news/PR-Page.cfm?Rel_ID=236 (298 words)

	NRDC: Book Recommendations - Biography
		This book is a heart-wrenching exploration of man's kinship with the great apes and a thoroughly persuasive screed against the inhumane treatment of our closest relatives, abuses that continue to this day in the dubious name of research.
		This is the life story of Margaret Murie, who grew up in Alaska before it was a state, tramped its wild lands before they were mapped, and has worked hard to preserve its wild places.
		Murie, considered by many to be the "Grande Dame" of the American conservation movement, recounts how she grew to understand, respect and love the Alaskan frontier during the early 20th century, and explores the many aspects of nature in Alaska -- from plagues of mosquitoes to the movement of caribou.
	www.nrdc.org /joingive/shop/bookbiog.asp (231 words)

	28/7/2002 -- Wilderness 'Matriarch' Sows the Seeds of Conservation
		Murie turns 100 on Aug. 18 and still lives within Grand Teton National Park on the ranch that first became a center for the conservation and wilderness community in the 1940s.
		Mardy Murie served both as hostess -- she was a great cook with a keen sense of humor -- and secretary.
		Mardy Murie's life as a conservationist began in earnest after she and Olaus married in 1924.
	forests.org /articles/reader.asp?linkid=13647 (1198 words)

	Wilderness or Wasteland -- History of ANWR
		Margaret (Mardy) Murie accompanies him on many of these trips by dog team or boat.
		He strikes a friendship with Olaus Murie and this marks the beginning of a grassroots effort to establish an arctic preserve.
		Along with Muries, he writes and speaks about the extraordinary natural values of the area.
	www.oneearthadventures.com /anwr/anwr_history.htm (1022 words)

	Margaret Murie -- an Honorary Unsubscribe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A writer and conservationist, Murie championed preserving the wilds of Alaska.
		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.
		Murie died October 19 at her Wyoming ranch.
	www.honoraryunsubscribe.com /margaret_murie.html (378 words)

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		Her real name is Margaret Murie but she goes by the nickname "Mardy." She now lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and is 93 years old.
		Margaret (Mardy) Thomas was born in Seattle, Washington.
		In 1927 the Muries moved to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and in 1937 they joined the Wilderness Society and fought to protect the remaining wilderness areas in the U.S. Olaus died in 1963 and Mardy has continued her work to protect the wild regions alone.
	www.shellworld.net /~emily/nws/mar1996.nws (1693 words)

	Murie Ranch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The larger district is significant for its association with conservationists Olaus and Margaret (Mardy) Murie and with scientist Adolph Murie.
		In perhaps his most enduring legacy, Murie demanded that our fiduciary responsibility for preservation of the natural world not be based on economical expediency but on the preservation of wilderness for its own sake, for its unquantifiable importance in our spiritual lives.
		The Murie Ranch was the scene for debates and decisions that set the tone for the Wilderness Society and for the entire American conservation community.
	wyoshpo.state.wy.us /murie.htm (239 words)

	Denali Summer Times
		In A Naturalist in Alaska, Murie presents his observations of a number of park denizens, from grizzly bear to mouse, in an endearing narrative.
		Murie's Mammals of Denali is rmore concise, with a couple of pages of text and photographs for each mammal, including one (the mountain goat) that hasn't been seen in the park for almost fifty years!
		Adolph's brother, Olaus Murie, was also an author and biologist, well known both for his research in Denali and throughout Alaska, and also for his pen-and-ink drawings.
	www.denalisummertimes.com /reading.html (418 words)

	Friend of the Arctic: 'Mardy' Murie Fought for Land Now in Jeopardy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1924, Murie became the first woman to graduate from the University of Alaska in Fairbanks.
		In her twilight years, Murie was a living testament to the fact that the refuge is not, as the oil lobby says, a barren and ugly wasteland.
		They called Mardy Murie the "grandmother of the conservation movement." She didn't live to see the day her progeny, the wilderness, was opened to business.
	www.commondreams.org /scriptfiles/views03/1022-04.htm (607 words)

	Amazon.com: A Naturalist in Alaska: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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.
		Of course, if one is coming to Murie for the first time, this repetition will not be apparent, and I actually enjoyed re-reading some of the antics observed in the members of the East Fork wolf den, so any criticism I have concerning the repetition is very mild indeed.
		Adolph Murie was a naturalist who spent most of his career, and most of this century working in Denali park in Alaska.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0816511683?v=glance (940 words)

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