Margaret Murie

Quick Facts

Full Name	Margaret Murie
Occupation	Memoirist
Date Of Birth	Aug 18, 1902(1902-08-18)
Age	122
Date Of Death	2003-10-19
Birthplace	Seattle
Country	United States
Birth City	Washington State
Horoscope	Leo

Margaret Murie Biography

Margaret Murie is one of the most popular and richest Memoirist who was born on August 18, 1902 in Seattle, Washington State, United States. She is known as the Grandmother of Conservation Movement. She helped to pass the Wilderness Act, and created the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Two in the Far North was her 1962 memoir and she was also the subject of the documentary Arctic Dance.

She spent her honeymoon in Alaska studying caribou along with her husband. The same river inspired She spent her honeymoon studying caribou with her husband on the Koyukuk River in Alaska. This same river inspired John Denver‘s ballad, A Song for All Over. to write the ballad A Song for All Over.

She was born in Seattle and moved to Alaska with her family at five years old. Olaus Murie was a fellow conservationist and naturalist she married.

Margaret Murie Net Worth

Margaret Murie is one of the richest Memoirist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Margaret Murie 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1956, she began campaigning for the protection of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. She recruited a supreme justice to convince President Eisenhower that the land should be closed to development.

She was awarded both the Audubon Medal as well as the She received both the Audubon Medal and the John Muir Award. award.

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Who is Margaret Murie Dating?

According to our records, Margaret Murie married to Olaus Murie. As of December 1, 2023, Margaret Murie’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Margaret Ranked on the list of most popular Memoirist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Margaret Murie celebrates birthday on August 18 of every year.

Top Facts about Margaret Murie

1. Margaret Murie was a pioneering American conservationist.
2. She helped establish the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.
3. Murie was the first woman to graduate from the University of Alaska.
4. She co-authored “Two in the Far North” with her husband, Olaus Murie.
5. The Muries were instrumental in protecting wolves and other wildlife.
6. Margaret received numerous awards for her conservation work.
7. She served as president of The Wilderness Society from 1958-1960.
8. Murie’s advocacy helped lead to passage of the Wilderness Act in 1964.
9. Her legacy continues through organizations like The Murie Center and others.
10. Margaret Murie is widely regarded as a hero of American conservationism.

What is Margaret Murie known for?

Margaret E. Murie, a conservationist and an author who helped preserve millions of acres of unspoiled land in Alaska and across the United States by encouraging the creation of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the passage of the Wilderness Act , died on Sunday at her ranch in Moose, Wyo. She was 101.

Who is Margaret Murie?

Margaret Murie, also called Mardy Murie, neé Margaret Thomas, (born August 18, 1902, Seattle, Washington, U.S.—died October 19, 2003, Moose, Wyoming), American naturalist, conservationist, and writer who was a central contributor in efforts to establish the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, which earned her …

Who was the first wildlife biologist?

Adolph Murie
Adolph Murie on Muldrow Glacier, 1939, Mount McKinley National Park
Born| September 6, 1899 Moorhead, Minnesota
Died| August 16, 1974 (aged 74) Moose, Wyoming
Occupation| Author, ecologist, forester, wildlife biologist, and environmentalist

What does the Alaska Lands Act do?

The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act impacts the National Park Service in many ways. ANILCA stipulates the designation of wilderness, subsistence management, transportation in and across parklands, use of cabins, mining, archaeological sites, scientific research studies and more.

What did Howard Zahniser do for the environment?

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, he led conservationists of the era to successfully fight the Echo Park Dam. This was a Bureau of Reclamation proposal in 1949, to build a substantial hydroelectric project in Dinosaur National Monument as part of the Upper Colorado River Storage Project.