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Margaret Murie is interviewed by Joseph Meeker on April 24, 1982 on San Juan Island, Washington

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  • "Margaret Murie talks about her relationship with wilderness, growing up in Fairbanks, Alaska, her surroundings in Fairbanks, honeymooning with her husband, Olaus Murie, in the Koyukuk country, influence of her husband, John Muir, concern about wilderness in the 1920s, Bob Marshal, first preservations of wilderness in Wyoming and New Mexico, Art Carhart, concerns in the Superior Lake area about lumber companies, individuals worried about conservation and the outcome of development, bob Marshal starting the Wilderness Society in 1935, the beginning of the national park idea in 1872, the continued need to preserve wilderness, the beginning of cooperation between conservation groups in 1950, why the conservation movement has worked, what wilderness means to people in the United States, encouraged by young people and their interest in preserving wilderness, the need for breathing space including urban dwellers, being an optimist, the uniqueness of Alaska and the need to preserve it, D-2 lands, and the connection between the women's movement and the wilderness movement."

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  • "Margaret Murie is interviewed by Joseph Meeker on April 24, 1982 on San Juan Island, Washington"