|Clean Air in the Wilderness?|
"Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.... Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves."
- John Muir
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Clean Air in the Wilderness?
a hundred years after they were written, the words of John Muir inspire
us. He knew the jagged peaks and beautiful glacier-carved canyons of the
High Sierra about as well as any person could. He loved this rugged wilderness
and helped fight to create a national park here so that these places would
be forever protected. Today, the High Sierra of Sequoia and Kings Canyon
National Parks is part of one of the largest pieces of designated wilderness
in the United States. Unfortunately, being designated wilderness does not
protect this area from the threat of air pollution. Though still the cleanest
part of these parks by far, evidence suggests that air pollution is reaching
even remote areas of the backcountry.
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