The life and writings of early environmentalist John Muir (1838-1914) taught Americans to appreciate the Yosemite Valley, the redwood, the glacier and the beauty of California. This scholarly and ...

MARTINEZ (KPIX 5) -- The John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez is where America's most famous conservationist spent the last 24 years of his life. It is also where Muir lived when he founded ...

This chronology of Muir's life plots a history of his travels, career in writing, conservation... John Muir in the New World Read a Biographical Essay, John Muir: Nature’s Witness Read a short ...

John Muir was born in Scotland on April 21, 1838. His family moved to the United States when he was 11 years old and settled in Wisconsin. Muir was an inventor, farmer, sheepherder, logger and ...

Noted sci-fi writer and UC San Diego John Muir College alumnus Kim Stanley Robinson kicked off the new Environments in Motion: Understanding and Protecting Our Planet Lecture Series on Nov. 8, ...

An early photograph of John Muir, taken in Madison, Wisconsin around 1875. Source: Wisconsin Historical Society. John Muir was eleven years old when his family emigrated from Scotland to Wisconsin in ...