Preserving the Living Past

Stephen R. Mark is a historian with the National Park Service as well as Adjunct Professor of History at the Oregon Institute of Technology. He is the author of Floating in the Stream of Time: An Administrative History of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument (1996).

• Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Beyond Scenic Voyeurism 1. Why Save the Redwoods? 2. To Berkeley and Beyond 3. Paleontologist of the Far West 4. An Upward Trajectory 5. Redwoods and Research 6. Interpreting the National Parks 7. A Voice for Wilderness 8. Building State Parks 9. What Nature Means Notes Further Reading Index

"Steven Mark is to be congratulated for capturing the essence of Merriam and that original America, the one that in giving rise to conservation believed in parks as the nation's soul." - Alfred Runte, author of National Parks "We need to hear and heed John C. Merriam's voice, calling for education, inspiration, and spiritual contact to be paramount in the administration of our natural preserves." - Michael Frome, author of Battle for the Wilderness"