C. Hart Merriam Base Camp Site is significant for its association with Clinton Hart Merriam, the United States' first eco-biologist. The site became a National Historic Landmark in 1965.
The Merriam Base Camp Site is located about 2 miles north of Parks, Arizona, and about half a mile west of Spring Valley Road, within Coconino National Forest. The Arizona Trail passes near the Merriam Base Camp Site.
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Let him seek out Rosalind.”
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have left a radio-active and not radiant land.”
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