Sierra Club

John Muir, from “My First Summer in the Sierra” (p.71) Summary of Yosemite John Muir deeply lives in the solitude of now, and integrates a sense of belonging within Yosemite when he writes, “We are now in the mountains and they are in us” (Muir, p. 72). Muir’s detailed, joyous descriptions of the Yosemite, in the mountains, valleys, forests, Yosemite Creek with falling waters, mountain creatures and plants, erupted in his writing as the very breath of his life, that soaked the exquisite sightings

new methods or risk the loss of those resources altogether. In order to address these issues, the BlueGreen Alliance was formed. The BlueGreen Alliance is the unlikely partnership of The United Steel Workers Union and the environmentalist group Sierra Club, working together in order “to build a cleaner and fairer economy”. The normally opposing organizations are collaborating to improve “environmental policy and expand the number of and quality of jobs in the green economy.” Since the BlueGreen Alliance

saw it. John Muir was involved in many American conservation efforts including the co-founding of Yosemite National Park, founding of the Sierra Club, and his overall career as a

custodian of the Sierra Club’s LeConte Memorial Lodge, the head office of the Club in Yosemite National Park. The Club held their annual outing in 1927 known as High Trip, and Adams participated. In 1928, he became the Club’s official photographer of the trip. Two years later he became the assistant manager of the trips which comprised of month-long journeys of up to 200 individuals.

Ansel Adams: Photographer & Environmentalist “Ansel Adams was one of the great photographers of this century. He was one of the best loved spokesmen for the obligations we owe to the natural world,” said John Szarkowski, director emeritus of the Department of Photography, Museum of Modern Art (USA Today Magazine, 66). Indeed, Adams dual role of photographer and environmentalist were unique yet intertwined and created a lasting impact on the world. Born in San Francisco to a wealthy family, Adams

One of Yosemite National Park’s most visited sites is Yosemite Valley. Yosemite Valley is located in the Sierra Nevada around one hundred eighty miles away from San Francisco, California. This magnificent, tucked away site was not discovered until the 1850s. Yosemite was not called a national park until 1890, but had been protected by the state since 1864. While it was one of the first lands to be protected it was not the first national park and because this land was protected so early on, it is

Throughout the Progressive Era, there were many conservationists who wrote and described nature, but the most well-known figure in conservation was John Muir. John Muir worked to protect Earth’s beauty by traveling and exploring nature, co-founding the Sierra Club, and by influencing others through his writings and by showing some of the most important people how the wildlife was magnificent. Muir was captivated by nature at an early age and he traveled to explore the environment. An early memory of a walk

smallest aperture in the camera lens, which was f/64. Group f/64 was an informal group that lasted for two years. This group made a big difference for the direction of American photography. 	 In 1928 Ansel was an official photographer for the Sierra Club at the Jasper National Park in Canada. In 1932, Ansel opened the short-lived Ansel Adams Gallery for photography along with other arts. Ansel lectured and taught to make his living when his gallery was open. He worked in advertising and began

The struggle between providing for California’s burgeoning population and the corresponding increase pressure on California’s ever shrinking pristine natural wonders and natural resources has been a constant clash between the forces of big business and conservation activism. However, the outcomes of these many battles have increasingly favored the side of economics over nature. The trend that becomes clear is that the will of the businessmen have been prevailing over the concerns of the conservationists

Muir is one of California’s most important historical personalities. Born in Scotland, he has been called “The Father of our National Parks,” “Wilderness Profit,” and “Citizen of the Universe.” As a wilderness explorer, his exciting adventures in the Sierra Nevada and Alaska’s glaciers led him searching for nature’s beauty. Gifford Pinchot was born to a wealthy family on