John Muir by Robert Shetterly, AWTT.org

"The battle we have fought, and are still fighting for the forests, is part of the eternal conflict between right and wrong, and we cannot expect to see the end of it . . . So we must count on watching and striving for these trees, and should always be glad to find anything so surely good and noble to strive for."

Conservationist, naturalist and explorer, John Muir (1838 - 1914) was a well-written and outspoken advocate for conservancy. He and his supporters founded the Sierra Club in 1892 and his work had a lasting impact on President Theodore Roosevelt, who undertook a wide range of conservation programs for America.