4. Which US president, who spent four days camping in Yosemite with naturalist Thomas Muir in 1903, set aside 800,000 acres in the Grand Canyon for a national monument, later declared a national park?
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Answer:
Teddy Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt is often remembered for his participation in the Rough Riders, for his Square Deal programme breaking up trusts and regulating railroads, and for his efforts to end the Russo-Japanese War, for which he won a Nobel Prize. What many do not know is that he was an avid naturalist. During his camping trip with John Muir, they discussed what was needed to protect US wilderness areas. In addition to setting aside land for a Grand Canyon National Monument, his administration created many other national parks and monuments, among them Crater Lake, Mesa Verde, the Devil's Tower, Pinnacles, and Chaco Canyon.
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