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His first concern was "the hills of home," especially Mount Tamalpais in Marin County. Part of the landmark mountain was parkland, but most of its lower slopes were in dairy farms. "Don't worry," Wayburn was told. "These people have been here forever and will always keep their ranches.... Three months later I heard about the acquisition of one of the ranches by speculators. That really got me going." Wayburn sat down and drafted an ideal future boundary for the state park, including the entire watershed of its major stream, Redwood Creek. It took a quarter century, but this vision of protection was finally fulfilled.
--John Hart writing about Edgar Wayburn in
Legacy, Portraits of 50 Bay Area Environmental Elders
California Buckeye
Yellow Mariposa Lily
Stonecrop
Western Azalea
Common Ringlet
Oakland Star Tulip on Serpentine
Stinging Nettle
Yerba Buena
Collecting Thistle Down
Mt. Tam Jewelflower
Taking Cover
Wintergreen
Baby Hummers
Foxglove
Longhorn Beetle
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