Conservation Heroes
In 1960, the creation of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was a result of the hard work by Margaret Thomas “Mardy” and Olaus Murie. Here is an inspirational quote by Mardy, taken from the book “The Mardy Murie Story: Arctic Dance” by Charles Craighead and Bonnie Krepps.
“We live in a precarious world; that we are threatened by man’s ingenuity; that we need a less consumptive lifestyle in order to preserve the beauty and grace of our world; and that our remaining wild places, our wilderness, have to be a most important element in all our thinking and all our doing.
I could repeat what Olaus used to say: that it was better to be in the thick of the fight than standing in the corner with your face to the wall. So I’d hate to think that all I can do is moan and cry and make a fuss. You have to somehow do more than that. You have to try to influence more people, that’s one thing.”
Tags: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, conservation, Mardy Murie, Olaus Murie