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Robert Sterling Yard

(Yard, Robert Sterling, 1861-1945)

Portrait of American writer and wilderness conservationist Robert Sterling Yard in Yosemite National Park, 1920. Yard was one of the founding members of The Wilderness Society and its first president.
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Robert Sterling Yard (February 1, 1861 – May 17, 1945) was an American writer, journalist, and wilderness activist. Born in Haverstraw, New York, Yard graduated from Princeton University and spent the first twenty years of his career in the editing and publishing business. In 1915, he was recruited by his friend Stephen Mather to help publicize the need for an independent national park agency. Their numerous publications were part of a movement that resulted in legislative support for a National Park Service (NPS) in 1916. Yard served as head of the National Parks Educational Committee for several years after its conception, but tension within the NPS led him to concentrate on non-government initiatives. He became executive secretary of the National Parks Association in 1919. (From Wikipedia)

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