We cannot overlook the importance of wild country as source of inspiration, to which we give expression in writing, in poetry, drawing and painting, in mountaineering, or in just being there. — Olaus Murie Copy Share Image
There is growing awareness of the beauty of country ... a sincere desire to keep some of it for all time. People are beginning to value highly the fact that a river runs unimpeded for a distance... They are beginning to obtain deep satisfaction from the fact that a herd of elk may be observed in back country, on ancestral… — Olaus Murie Copy Share
Certainly a wilderness area, a little portion of our planet left alone…will furnish us with a number of very important uses…If we are wise,… — Olaus Murie Copy Share Image
We cannot overlook the importance of wild country as source of inspiration, to which we give expression in writing, in poetry, drawing and painting,… — Olaus Murie Copy Share Image
