Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Theodore P.] Lukens
Transcription
[in margin: used by La[illegible]]
commending my forestry article he is in favor of hunting being permitted in the Reserves & parks at certain seasons for food
Martinez, Apr. 18, 1897.
Advocates however game refuge where game can be safe
My dear Lukens,
I'm glad the bank is off your back so now you can go free in the woods.
Your forest article is a good one, so good you must write some more, & get others stirred up to do likewise, also write & get others to write to the Senators & Sec of the Interior & make their lives wretched until they do what is right by the woods. Only thus by making public opinion can they be made to mind.
I think with you that some changes should be made in the regulations & rules governing the park & reservations, allowing hunting at certain seasons for food. We are all natural hunters like cats with killing instincts derived from hunting ancestors, & I suppose only in heaven is there no bloodshed. Still I can't help feeling that there should be a good big wild place set apart in each park or reservation as a safe refuge for the wild birds & beasts in which no gun should ever be fired. sort of wild beast paradises. When the time for action on this question comes up I shall be glad to help you. I have just sent off a long article on the forests for Harpers Weekly. Remember me to Mrs Lukens & the Jones with love to Lottie
Ever Yours
John Muir
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1897 Apr 18
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Theodore P.] Lukens, 1897 Apr 18." (1897). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2233.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2233
Resource Identifier
muir09_0847-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 09, Image 0847
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
The Huntington Library, Muir Family Papers, HM 57349-57497. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Pages
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
