Question
Review the details below.
•John Muir believed that there was intrinsic value in wilderness that was untouched
by humans.
• During a three-night camping trip in Yosemite National Park in 1903, John Muir
personally persuaded President Theodore Roosevelt to return Yosemite Valley and
Mariposa Grove to federal protection.
. From his home in Oakland, California, John Muir wrote popular magazine articles
about setting aside U.S. lands and preserving them from development.
Choose the best topic sentence to introduce a paragraph containing these details.
John Muir, founder of the Sierra Club, sought to preserve land in order to
maintain its pristine nature.
America's national parks system resulted from the work of early
preservationists.
Viewed as the father of preservationism, John Muir's strategies to preserve
nature differed from those espoused by conservationists.
Answer
John Muir, founder of the Sierra Club, sought to preserve land in order to maintain its pristine nature.