Murie Residence, Log house in Moose, United States.
The Murie Residence is a log house in Moose within Grand Teton National Park that functioned as both a family home and a research center. The structure sits on land that was previously a dude ranch before being transformed into a property focused on conservation work.
Naturalists Olaus and Margaret Murie acquired the former dude ranch in 1945 and reshaped the property to support their conservation work. They removed livestock fencing to restore wildlife passage across the landscape.
The Murie Ranch became a meeting place for people working on wilderness protection; Olaus and Mardie Murie hosted scientists and writers in the house and adjoining studio. The Murie Center, founded in 1997 with Grand Teton National Park, keeps the ranch in use for study, discussion and debate on behalf of nature.
The Murie Residence stands in the Murie Ranch Historic District near Moose, in the southern part of Grand Teton National Park, reached by the road from Moose rather than from Jackson Lake Road. The buildings sit on level ranch ground; the Murie Center, established in 1997, runs the site and its programs, so check its opening arrangements before travelling.
The Murie Ranch's National Historic Landmark designation, granted on 17 February 2006, covers both the Murie Residence and the former STS Ranch of Olaus's brother Adolph. The two brothers' adjoining ranches near Moose together record one family's role in American conservation.
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