▁Z ahn iser ▁L if etime ▁Ach iev ement ▁Award , ▁given ▁to ▁someone ▁whose ▁life ▁of ▁achiev ement ▁in ▁protect ing ▁w ilder ness ▁most ▁closely ▁par alle ls ▁those ▁of ▁the ▁person ▁princip ally ▁responsible ▁for ▁the ▁W ilder ness ▁Act . ▁ ▁Activ ism ▁ ▁Way burn ▁served ▁five ▁times ▁as ▁the ▁Sierra ▁Club ' s ▁elected ▁President , ▁and ▁was ▁named ▁the ▁Club ' s ▁Honor ary ▁President ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 . ▁During ▁a ▁half - century ▁of ▁environmental ▁achiev ements , ▁Way burn ▁led ▁and ▁won ▁campaign s ▁to ▁protect ▁millions ▁of ▁acres ▁of ▁America ' s ▁coast s , ▁mountains , ▁for ests ▁and ▁t und ra . ▁Way burn ▁has ▁left ▁his ▁mark ▁in ▁the ▁following ▁ways : ▁▁ ▁Est ab lish ing ▁the ▁nation ' s ▁largest ▁urban ▁park , ▁the ▁Golden ▁Gate ▁National ▁Rec re ation ▁Area . ▁In cluded ▁in ▁the ▁park ' s ▁ 7 6 , 0 0 0 ▁a cre ▁( 3 1 0   km ² ) ▁exp anse ▁are ▁San ▁Francisco ' s ▁be aches , ▁Al cat raz ▁and ▁the ▁Pres id io ▁ ▁Prote ct ing ▁over ▁ 1 0 0 ▁million ▁acres ▁( 4 0 0 , 0 0 0   km ² ) ▁of ▁Al ask an ▁wild ▁lands ▁with ▁the ▁Al aska ▁National ▁Interest ▁Land s ▁Conserv ation ▁Act , ▁which ▁double d ▁the ▁size ▁of ▁Den ali ▁National ▁Park , ▁created ▁ 1 0 ▁new ▁National ▁Park s ,