Question 8 refers to the excerpt below.   “Excepting only Yo…

Questiоn 8 refers tо the excerpt belоw.   “Excepting only Yosemite, Hetch Hetchy is the most аttrаctive аnd wonderful valley within the bounds of the great Yosemite National Park … People are now flocking to it in ever-increasing numbers … Though the walls are less sublime in height than those of Yosemite, its groves, gardens, and broad, spacious meadows are more beautiful and picturesque … Last year in October I visited the valley with Mr. William Keith, the artist. He wandered about from view to view, enchanted, made thirty-eight sketches, and enthusiastically declared that in varied picturesque beauty Hetch Hetchy greatly surpassed Yosemite. It is one of God’s best gifts, and ought to be faithfully guarded.”                                                                                       John Muir, Century Magazine, 1909   Which of the following aspects of Muir’s description expresses a major change in Americans’ views of the natural environment?