Saving Tarboo Creek : one family's quest to heal the land / Scott Freeman ; illustrations by Susan Leopold Freeman.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 224 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781604697940
- 1604697946
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Main Library | NonFiction | 333.7209 F855 | Available | 33111008700243 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"We all live in particular places and at particular times, but when we act with family and friends to preserve a local slice of nature, we are, together, saving the planet." -- Natural History Magazine
Can each of us, as stewards of our land, make an environmental difference that can be seen, felt, and measured? Scott Freeman emphatically says yes, and in Saving Tarboo Creek he explores how we can all do it by making small changes over time. Saving Tarboo Creek masterfully blends two stories of the Freeman family's effort to reclaim a small patch of the planet: one, a tale of the realities of rehabilitating a degraded fish run in what was once an old-growth watershed; the other, an account of human resource use over time and what that history means for the future. Based on the land ethics found in Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac , Saving Tarboo Creek is both a timely tribute to our land and a bold challenge to protect it.
Maps on inside of covers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"When the Freeman family decided to restore a damaged creek in Washington's Olympic Peninsula--to transform it from a drainage ditch into a stream that could again nurture salmon-- they knew the task would be formidable and the rewards plentiful. In Saving Tarboo Creek, Scott Freeman artfully blends his family's story with powerful universal lessons about how we can all live more constructive, fulfilling, and natural lives by engaging with the land rather than exploiting it. Equal parts heartfelt and empowering, this book explores how we can all make a difference one choice at a time. In the proud tradition of Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac, Saving Tarboo Creek is both a timely tribute to our land and a bold challenge to protect it." -- Amazon.com.