Conservationist, mother, author. Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Barnard College, 1942.
With her husband, Peggy helped to:
Establish the nation's largest urban park, the Golden Gate National Recreation Area;
Protect over 100 million acres of Alaskan wild lands with the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, which doubled the size of Denali National Park, creating 10 new National Parks, and doubling the size of America's National Park system;
Create Redwood National Park, and then doubling the park's size 10 years later;
Increase the area of California's Mount Tamalpais State Park from 870 to 6,300 acres;
Establish the Point Reyes National Seashore.
"On all my adventures, Peggy was with me,"
(her husband, Edgar) Wayburn told the (San Francisco)Chronicle in 2006.
With her husband, Peggy helped to:
Establish the nation's largest urban park, the Golden Gate National Recreation Area;
Protect over 100 million acres of Alaskan wild lands with the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, which doubled the size of Denali National Park, creating 10 new National Parks, and doubling the size of America's National Park system;
Create Redwood National Park, and then doubling the park's size 10 years later;
Increase the area of California's Mount Tamalpais State Park from 870 to 6,300 acres;
Establish the Point Reyes National Seashore.
"On all my adventures, Peggy was with me,"
(her husband, Edgar) Wayburn told the (San Francisco)Chronicle in 2006.
Conservationist, mother, author. Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Barnard College, 1942.
With her husband, Peggy helped to:
Establish the nation's largest urban park, the Golden Gate National Recreation Area;
Protect over 100 million acres of Alaskan wild lands with the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, which doubled the size of Denali National Park, creating 10 new National Parks, and doubling the size of America's National Park system;
Create Redwood National Park, and then doubling the park's size 10 years later;
Increase the area of California's Mount Tamalpais State Park from 870 to 6,300 acres;
Establish the Point Reyes National Seashore.
"On all my adventures, Peggy was with me,"
(her husband, Edgar) Wayburn told the (San Francisco)Chronicle in 2006.
With her husband, Peggy helped to:
Establish the nation's largest urban park, the Golden Gate National Recreation Area;
Protect over 100 million acres of Alaskan wild lands with the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, which doubled the size of Denali National Park, creating 10 new National Parks, and doubling the size of America's National Park system;
Create Redwood National Park, and then doubling the park's size 10 years later;
Increase the area of California's Mount Tamalpais State Park from 870 to 6,300 acres;
Establish the Point Reyes National Seashore.
"On all my adventures, Peggy was with me,"
(her husband, Edgar) Wayburn told the (San Francisco)Chronicle in 2006.
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