Summertime is John Muir time. The Scottish-American naturalist and author, who lived from 1838 to 1914, was an early advocate for wilderness preservation in the United States and is one of the ...

The life and writings of early environmentalist John Muir (1838-1914) taught Americans to appreciate the Yosemite Valley, the redwood, the glacier and the beauty of California. This scholarly and ...

An early photograph of John Muir, taken in Madison ... After the Harriman Expedition, Muir devoted his life to saving the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park from being flooded to ...

Up through the far-flung reaches of the Yosemite, the Sequoia, the Muir ... with John Burroughs, took him to Honolulu, Russia, Siberia, Manchuria, India and Australasia, but this life work was ...

Conservationist John Muir’s pioneering spirit ... Los Gatos Opera House since the early 1900s. Stetson, who has been performing one-man shows based on the life of Muir for 25 years, will present ...

Corbis Yosemite Falls in Yosemite National Park Chee-Onn Leong / iStockphoto The naturalist John Muir is so ... he lived here all his life." In fact, says Gediman, Muir lived in Yosemite off ...

Laura Lancaster The best time to hike the John Muir Trail is from early July through late September ... sleeping system (sleeping bag or quilt and sleeping pad), and your tent. Outdoor Life has done ...