Question

review the details below.

• from his home in oakland, california, john muir wrote popular magazine articles about setting aside u.s. lands and preserving them from development.
• during a three - night camping trip in yosemite national park in 1903, john muir personally persuaded president theodore roosevelt to return yosemite valley and mariposa grove to federal protection.
• john muir believed that there was intrinsic value in wilderness that was untouched by humans.

choose the best topic sentence to introduce a paragraph containing these details.
john muir, founder of the sierra club, sought to preserve land in order to maintain its pristine nature.
americas national parks system resulted from the work of early preservationists.
viewed as the father of preservationism, john muirs strategies to preserve nature differed from those espoused by conservationists.

Explanation:

The details all focus on John Muir's specific actions and beliefs related to preserving wilderness: writing articles to protect lands, persuading Roosevelt to protect Yosemite, and valuing untouched wilderness. The first option directly ties Muir to preserving land for its pristine nature, matching all the provided details. The second option is too broad (focuses on the entire national parks system, not Muir specifically). The third option introduces a comparison to conservationists, which is not mentioned in the given details.

Answer:

John Muir, founder of the Sierra Club, sought to preserve land in order to maintain its pristine nature.