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“We show our love for our national parks by driving hundreds of miles to see them in RVs and SUVs that, at their best, travel fifteen miles per gallon gas.”

Book:American Wilderness: A New History

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“At the heart of conventional conservation is the model of the American national park. The Indian environmentalist Madhav Gadgil writes of the influence of the top-down strategy modeled on Yosemite National Park, whose establishment in 1890 followed the forcible expulsion of the Native Americans who lived there. The history of "America's best idea" goes hand in hand with the history of white supremacy over nature and the Indigenous people of North America.”

American History National Parks Yosemite

Book:Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel

Source: Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel

“Love doesn't always curl your toes sometimes it takes a bite right out of your soul.”

Love Relationships Loss

Author:Stanley Victor Paskavich

“These parks didn't just offer stunning vistas; they provided the backdrop for lessons in resilience, adaptability, and the profound joy of shared experience.”

Travel Hiking National Parks Love Stories Blended Families

Book:A National Park Love Story: A Journey to Visit All 63 U.S. National Parks

Source: A National Park Love Story: A Journey to Visit All 63 U.S. National Parks

“Yes sir, yes madam, I entreat you, get out of those motorized wheelchairs, get off your foam rubber backsides, stand up straight like men! like women! like human beings! and walk-walk-WALK upon our sweet and blessed land!”

National Parks Environmental Conservation Anti Car

Book:Desert Solitaire

Source: Desert Solitaire

“The itch for naming things is almost as bad as the itch for possessing things. Let them and leave them alone--they'll survive for a few more thousand years, more or less, without any glorification from us.”

National Parks Environmental Conservation Posession

Book:Desert Solitaire

Source: Desert Solitaire

“In a world that is becoming increasingly virtual, the parks remain places of visceral beauty. Places where we can remember that we are but a small part of the life on this planet, and that it is a truly wonderful planet and the only one we've got.”

National Parks

Author:Nevada Barr

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