# Ira Spring

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{{Short description|American environmentalist (1918–2003)}}
'''Ira Spring''' (1918&ndash;2003) was an American photographer, author, mountaineer and hiking advocate. He was the photographer and co-author, with [Harvey Manning](/source/Harvey_Manning) and his brother Bob Spring, of the ''"100 Hikes"'' series of books published by [The Mountaineers](/source/The_Mountaineers_(Pacific_NW)).<ref>{{Historylink|article=9381|title=Bob and Ira Spring, Louise B. Marshall, and The Mountaineers publish the first of the famous 100 Hikes series in August 1966|author=John Caldbick |date=March 30, 2010}}</ref> He co-founded the trails advocacy and maintenance organization [Washington Trails Association](/source/Washington_Trails_Association) (WTA) along with fellow trails advocate Louise Marshall. In 1998 he published an autobiography entitled "An Ice Axe, a Camera, and a jar of Peanut Butter" detailing his long photographic career on several continents. In recognition of this work in conservation and wilderness-preservation, he was presented with the [Roosevelt Conservation Award](/source/Roosevelt_Conservation_Award) by President [George H. W. Bush](/source/George_H._W._Bush) in 1992. Spring was born in [Jamestown, New York](/source/Jamestown%2C_New_York) with a twin, Bob,<ref name=LATobit/> and grew up in [Shelton, Washington](/source/Shelton%2C_Washington). He was an army aerial photographer in [World War II](/source/World_War_II). He died on June 5, 2003, in [Edmonds, Washington](/source/Edmonds%2C_Washington) of prostate cancer.<ref name="LATobit">{{Citation |title=Ira Spring obituary |date=June 11, 2003 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jun-11-me-spring11-story.html |work=The Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

== References ==
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* {{ cite news
  | last = Modie
  | first = Neil
  | title = Ira Spring dead at 84: Guide had a passion for wild places
  | work = The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  | date = 2003-06-06
  | url = http://www.seattlepi.com/local/125396_springobit06.html
  | accessdate = 2007-01-04
  }}
* {{ cite news
  | last = Sorensen
  | first = Eric
  | title = Ira Spring, 1918 - 2003: Photographer tried to preserve nature
  | work = The Seattle Times
  | date = 2003-06-07
  | url = http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=springobit07m&date=20030607
  | accessdate = 2007-01-04
  }}

==Further reading==
*{{Citation |last=Neil Modie |title=Outdoor legend Ira Spring nears the end of the trail |date=April 4, 2003 |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Outdoor-legend-Ira-Spring-nears-the-end-of-the-1111505.php |work=Seattle Post Intelligencer}}

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Category:American environmentalists
Category:American non-fiction outdoors writers
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Category:Writers from Washington (state)
Category:People from Edmonds, Washington
Category:Deaths from prostate cancer in Washington (state)
Category:20th-century American male writers
Category:United States Army personnel of World War II

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