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National Parks Quiz And Trivia #34: July Notables

In addition to celebrating Independence Day, we should also celebrate the July establishment of Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky, and light a birthday candle for Stephen T. Mather, whose “vigorous efforts to build public and political support for the parks helped persuade Congress to create the National Park Service in 1916.” Test your knowledge about both park and man with this Quiz and Trivia #33.

Review | Four-Fifths A Grizzly: A New Perspective On Nature That Just Might Save Us All

This beautifully written and designed book is pure advocacy - of the idea that we humans are nature, and our future depends on accepting this fact. This seems obvious to many of us, but as a species we don’t act as though we understand its implications. We are special. We are exceptional. The laws of nature do not apply to us. The Earth is made for us, and we can do whatever we want to it with impunity, like remove the forests, kill the coral reefs, and drive myriad fellow travelers to extinction, among other things.