"Excepting only Yosemite, Hetch Hetchy is the most attractive and wonderful valleywithin the bounds of the great Yosemite National Park and the best of all the campgrounds. People are now flocking to it in ever-increasing numbers for health andrecreation of body and mind. Though the walls are less sublime in height than thoseof Yosemite, its groves, gardens, and broad, spacious meadows are more beautiful andpicturesque. . . . Last year in October I visited the valley with Mr. William Keith, theartist. He wandered about from view to view, enchanted, made thirty-eight sketches,and enthusiastically declared that in varied picturesque beauty Hetch Hetchy greatlysurpassed Yosemite. It is one of God's best gifts, and ought to be faithfully guarded."John Muir, Century Magazine, 190922. Which of the following aspects of Muir's description expresses a major change inAmericans' views of the natural environment?(A) The idea that wilderness areas are worthy subjects for artistic works(B) The idea that wilderness areas serve as evidence of divine creation(C) The idea that government should preserve wilderness areas in a natural state(D) The idea that mountainous scenery is more picturesque and beautiful thanflat terrain

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