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Wallace Stegner

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National parks for all?

“….to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.” — Organic Act of 1916 When national parks…

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Mission 66

It’s an impressive building, no doubt.  Built sturdily with large pieces of rock anchoring its walls and a cross hatch of hewn logs, massive logs, anchoring its thatched roof.  But it would have to be, given the harshness of its climate 365 days a year.  The Alpine Visitor Center of…

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