Can someone explain to me the idea of preservation and John Muir's view/approach to it?

Question

Can someone explain to me the idea of preservation and John Muir's view/approach to it?

Answer 1

John Muir was a self-described  "poetico-trampo-geologist-botanist and ornithologist-naturalist etc. etc. !!!!"   He helped to teach the people of his time and ours the importance of experiencing and protecting our natural heritage. He helped inspire President  Roosevelt's conservation programs, including establishing the first national monuments, and promoted the establishment of Yosemite National Park by congressional action. In 1892 he helped found the Sierra Club, and served as it's first President.  The man explored the land, loved the lands he explored, and used words to convey that love and appreciation to a public who embraced those words and acted upon them, sometimes with great success.  One of his last battles involved an effort to save Hetch Hetchy,  an effort that failed, although subsequent proposals to dam our national parks have been stopped because of the efforts of citizens he inspired.

His life serves to remind us of the important things that just one person can do.