additional parks from human development. He believed that those who wished to "seek the solitude of the primitive forest" should have the ability to do so and that a democratic society should protect this right. In 1956, Murie began a campaign with his wife to protect what is now the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The couple recruited U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas to help persuade President Dwight Eisenhower to set aside as the Arctic National Wildlife Range. Awards, honors In 1948, Murie became the first American Fulbright Scholar in New Zealand and conducted research in the Fiordland National Park. In 1950, Murie became president of the Wilderness Society. He was also a president of the Wildlife Society and a director of the Izaak Walton League. He received the Aldo Leopold Memorial Award Medal in 1952, the Pugsley Medal in 1953, the Audubon Medal in 1959, and the Sierra Club John Muir Award in 1962. Olaus Murie died on October 21, 1963. The Murie Residence in Moose, Wyoming was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990, and as part of the Murie Ranch Historic District was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006. The house and grounds are the headquarters for the Murie Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to conservation work. References Footnotes Sources Journeys to the Far North The Elk of North America Alaska-Yukon Caribou (North American Fauna [NAF] No. 54, 1935) LCCN Alaska-Yukon caribou Food Habits of the Coyote in Jackson Hole, Wyoming (1935) Field Guide to Animal Tracks (1954) Fauna of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska Peninsula (NAF No. 61, 1959) Jackson Hole with a Naturalist (1963) Wapiti Wilderness National Leaders of American Conservation Stroud, Richard H., ed. (1984); Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. "The Joys of Solitude and Nature: Naturalist finds fulfillment in Wilderness" Life Magazine (1959); 47(26), December 28. Living Wilderness (Summer–Fall, 1963) Little, John J. (October 2000). "A Wilderness Apprenticeship: Olaus Murie in Canada, 1914–15 and 1917". Environmental History 5 (4) External links The Murie Center Pugsley Medal biography Park Service biography Inventory of the Murie Family Papers at the University of Wyoming – American Heritage Center Select digital collection of photos and videos of the Murie Family – AHC digital archives See blog posts of the Murie Family on the AHC site See material on Hudson Bay and Labrador-Ungava Expeditions at Library and Archives Canada: 1889 births 1963 deaths