Sun Sets on Udall

Living on Earth offers a tribute to Stewart Udall, the former Interior Secretary who was instrumental in the creation of national parks and the passage of the 1964 Wilderness Act.

As Secretary of the Interior under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, Stewart Udall fought to protect the nation’s water, air, and land. His unrelenting belief that wilderness needed protection was instrumental in the creation of national parks and the passage of the 1964 Wilderness Act Living on Earth offers this tribute to Stewart Udall.