Adams Lobbies Congress to Preserve Kings Canyon
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Photography, Photographers, Organizations, Agencies, Institutions, Ecology, Environment, Conservation
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950
- Geographical Location: Washington, D.C., San Francisco
- Date: 1936-1940
Article abstract: Ansel Adams, photographer and Sierra Club director, used his photographs to lobby Congress to create the Kings Canyon National Park.
Summary of Event
On March 4, 1940, the U.S. Congress enacted the legislation necessary for the establishment of Kings Canyon National Park in east-central California. The passage into law of the proposed legislation marked the successful conclusion to a long battle to provide these lands protection from commercial development, protection first sought by the preservationist John Muir nearly forty-nine years...
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