Howard Zahniser

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Howard Zahniser was an American environmental activist and writer best known for his leading role in the mid-20th-century U.S. wilderness preservation movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf environmental activist
environmentalist
person
writer
advocatedFor creation of a National Wilderness Preservation System
permanent legal protection of federal wilderness areas
burialPlace Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado
causeOfDeath heart attack
commemoratedBy Zahniser Wilderness Award
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1906-02-25
dateOfDeath 1964-05-05
educatedAt Greenville University
surface form: Greenville College
employer The Wilderness Society
era 20th century
familyName Zahniser
fieldOfWork environmental policy
nature writing
wilderness conservation
genre environmental writing
nature essays
givenName Howard
influenced U.S. federal wilderness policy
subsequent American environmental legislation
knownAs Howard Zahniser
languageOfWorkOrName English
legacy key architect of the National Wilderness Preservation System
legislativeFocus federal wilderness designation
memberOf The Wilderness Society
movement American wilderness preservation movement
nationality American
notableFor leadership in the U.S. wilderness preservation movement
primary authorship of the Wilderness Act of 1964
notableWork drafting the Wilderness Act
occupation editor
environmentalist
legislative advocate
writer
placeOfBirth Franklin, Pennsylvania
surface form: Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
positionHeld editor of The Living Wilderness
executive director of The Wilderness Society
religion Christianity
residence Pennsylvania
surface form: Pennsylvania, United States

Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
spouse Alice Zahniser
workedOn Wilderness Act of 1964
workedWith Olaus Murie
The Wilderness Society
surface form: The Wilderness Society board of directors

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Wilderness Act of 1964 principalAuthor Howard Zahniser
Public Law 88-577 keyProponent Howard Zahniser
Howard Zahniser knownAs Howard Zahniser