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Murie, Margaret American naturalist and conservationist Margaret (“Mardy”) Murie at her home in Moose, Wyoming, U.S., July 8, 1990.

Margaret Murie

American naturalist, conservationist, and writer
Also known as: Mardy Murie, Margaret Thomas
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Margaret Murie (born August 18, 1902, Seattle, Washington, U.S.—died October 19, 2003, Moose, Wyoming) was an American naturalist, conservationist, and writer who was a central contributor in efforts to establish the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, which earned her the popular title “grandmother of the conservation movement.” When Murie was a young girl, her family moved from Seattle to Fairbanks, Alaska, where her stepfather had been appointed an assistant U.S. attorney. In 1924 she...

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