Lifelong advocate Marge Sill to celebrate 50 years of the Wilderness Act at Nevada State Museum
September marks the 50th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act, legislation that protected more than 9 million acres of federal land. Marge Sill, considered by some to be the "mother of Nevada wilderness" will help the Nevada State Museum celebrate the occasion from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25.
Sill will share how Great Basin National Park and other treasures came to be protected. An advocate for the region since the 1950s, Sill has been part of the Sierra Club and efforts to create Lake Tahoe State Park, along with the Truckee River kayak course and projects that have left a lasting wilderness for generations.
“Marge Sill is a person who has in effect changed the world for the better,” said Kurt Kuznicki of the Great Basin Group of the Sierra Club, in a piece about Sill. “Marge has a gift. She has a very special way about her to make you feel at ease, even though you are sitting with a living legend, Marge makes you feel that you have something worthwhile to say, that your opinion really matters. Marge makes you believe that you can in fact change the world yourself. Marge has taught us all to love Nevada's Wild Places.”
Sill’s presentation is part of the Frances Humphrey lecture series held at the museum on the fourth Thursday of every month, shedding new light on the state’s stories.
Doors open at 6 p.m. Admission is $8 for adults, free for museum members and children 17 and younger. The program is included with regular admission. The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at 600 N. Carson Street. Contact Deborah Stevenson dstevenson@nevadaculture.org or 775-687-4810, ext. 237.
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