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| The environment is not tailored to man; it is itself, for itself. All its creatures fit in. They know how from ages past. Man fits in or fights it. Fitting in, living in it, carries challenge, exhilaration, peace. |
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| — Mardy Murie |
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| Margaret E. Murie is often referred to as the mother of the American conservation movement. Mardy has devoted much of her life to the preservation of America's wild lands. First with her husband, Olaus, and continuing to carry the flame alone after he passed away in 1963, she worked tirelessly on behalf of the country’s unspoiled wilderness. |
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| Writing books and letters, testifying at hearings, and speaking publicly about her experiences in the Arctic, she played a central role in establishing the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Act in 1960 and the Alaska Lands Act in 1980. |
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| Mardy was honored three times at the White House, most recently when President Clinton presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. |
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