| Book Review | Environmental History, 11.1

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Preserving the Living Past: John C. Merriam's Legacy in the State and National Parks. By Stephen R. Mark. Berkeley and London: University of California Press, 2005. xvi + 204 pp. Illustrations, notes, further reading, index. $39.95.
The first generation of American conservationists—Theodore Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot, John Muir, Horace Albright, et al.—were a colorful bunch. Next to them, less flamboyant figures like John C. Merriam tend to disappear into the shadows.	1
Creation of parks to save unique natural features, and the interpretation of the scientific meaning of those features for the public in a challenging and engaging manner were Merriam's passions as a scientist and his most lasting contributions to the American environmental movement. In an era when automobiles brought large numbers of new visitors to parks, Merriam and a few others became afraid that commercialized recreation would swamp educational and "inspirational" uses of the parks. To Merriam, visitors to the parks would profit most from their visits if they understood how the things they were looking at illustrated the evolution of the landscape over time, all the way back to the creator.	. . .

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