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March 9, 2010

Conservationist Edgar Wayburn, 103, Dies
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And the longtime conservationist Edgar Wayburn has died at the age of
103. He was a former president of the Sierra Club and a recipient of the
Presidential Medal of Freedom. In the 1950s and 1960s he led the
movement to create the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in and
around San Francisco. In 1980 he helped win passage of the Alaska
National Interest Lands Conservation Act which created millions of acres
of national parkland. In his later years Edgar Wayburn advocated for
conservation on a global scale.



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