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Olaus Johan Murie

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born

March 01, 1889 in Moorhead, Minnesota, The United States

died

October 21, 1963

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genre

Outdoors & Nature, Science

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Olaus Murie called the "father of modern elk management", was a naturalist, author, and wildlife biologist who did groundbreaking field research on a variety of large northern mammals. He also served as president of The Wilderness Society, The Wildlife Society, and as director of the Izaak Walton League. With his wife, Mardie Murie, he successfully campaigned to enlarge the boundaries of the Olympic National Park, and to create the Jackson Hole National Monument and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

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Average rating: 4.14 · 229 ratings · 33 reviews · 6 distinct works

	Peterson Field Guide to Animal Tracks by Olaus Johan Murie, Mark Elbroch, Roger Tory Peterson (Idea) 4.04 avg rating — 45 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	Journeys to the far North 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1973	My rating:
	The Voice of the Coyote (Bison Book) 3.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1949 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Elk of North America 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1979 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Animal Tracks by Olaus Johan Murie, Richard Philip Grossenheider, Roger Tory Peterson (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1996	My rating:
	The Alaskan Bird Sketches Of Olaus Murie: With Excerpts From His Field Notes 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Two in the Far North by Margaret E. Murie, Olaus Johan Murie (Illustrator), Terry Tempest Williams (Foreword by) 4.17 avg rating — 179 ratings — published 1957 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Those of the Forest by Wallace Byron Grange, Olaus Johan Murie (Illustrator) 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Island Between by Margaret E. Murie, Olaus Johan Murie, Olaus J. Murie 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1977 — 2 editions	My rating:
	A Naturalist in Alaska by Adolph Murie, Olaus Johan Murie (Foreword), Harold E. Anthony (Foreword) 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1961 — 4 editions	My rating:

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