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Anne LaBastille (November 20, 1935 – July 1, 2011)〔Hevesi, Dennis. ("Anne LaBastille, Advocate, Author and ‘Woodswoman’ of Adirondacks, Dies at 75" ), ''The New York Times'', July 9, 2011. Retrieved 11 Dec 2011〕 was an American author and ecologist. She was the author of more than a dozen books, including ''Woodswoman'', ''Beyond Black Bear Lake'', ''Woodswoman III'', ''Woodswoman IIII'', ''Assignment:Wildlife'', and ''Women of the Wilderness''. She also wrote more than 150 popular articles and over 25 scientific papers. She received her doctorate degree in Wildlife Ecology from Cornell University in 1969. She also had an M.S. in Wildlife Management from Colorado State University (1961), and a B.S. in Conservation of Natural Resources from Cornell (1955).〔: (''Guide to the Anne LaBastille Papers,1963-2000, Biographical Note'', ''Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library'' 2004 ), Retrieved December 20, 2010〕〔: (''Cornell News: Anne Labastille, Press Release April 22, 1999'' ), Retrieved December 20, 2010〕 She was honored by the World Wildlife Fund and the Explorers Club for her pioneering work in wildlife ecology both in the United States and in Guatemala. She was a contributing writer to the Sierra Club, and National Geographic as well as many other magazines. LaBastille became a licensed New York State Guide in the 1970s and offered guide services for backpacking and canoe trips into the Adirondacks. She gave wilderness workshops and lectures for over forty years and served on many conservation organizations in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, including 17 years on the Board of Commissioners of the Adirondack Park Agency. She traveled around the world and worked with many non-profit organizations to study and alleviate the destructive effects of acid rain and pollution on lakes and wildlife. LaBastille was also a noted wildlife photographer and her work appeared in many nature publications. LaBastille was born in Montclair, New Jersey, and died at a nursing home in Plattsburgh, New York.〔 Her full name was Mariette Anne LaBastille. There is some dispute about her date of birth, which is also listed as Nov 23. 1933.〔Grondahl, Paul. ("Anne LaBastille, 1933-2011" ), ''Adirondack Explorer'', Monday, August 22, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2015〕 She was married for several years to C.V. “Major” Bowes, 1919-2012 ,〔("CV Major Bowes Obituary" ), ''Syracuse Post Standard'', Oct 25, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2015〕 owner of Covewood Lodge on Big Moose Lake. ==Books== LaBastille's most popular books, the ''Woodswoman Series'', were a series of four memoirs spanning four decades of life in the Adirondack Mountains and chronicled her personal relationship with wilderness. Inspired by Henry David Thoreau's Walden, LaBastille purchased land on the edge of a mountain lake in the Adirondacks, and built a log cabin in 1965. At the beginning of her first book, ''Woodswoman'' (1976), she documented the process of obtaining materials and building the cabin with help from a pair of local carpenters. To avoid cutting old growth forest on the property, she purchased pre-cut logs from a local sawmill and also used store bought lumber to build the floor joists, roof, door frames and window frames. The remainder of ''Woodswoman'' then records her adventures living in this log cabin without modern comforts such as electricity, phone or running water, as well as her explorations of the wilderness of the Adirondacks. In her second book, ''Beyond Black Bear Lake'' (1987), she described how she built her smaller second cabin, ''Thoreau II'', at a more remote area of her property in order to obtain a more Walden-like experience. This cabin was built with logs cut on site and with the help of a few friends. Construction of this cabin also incorporated many recycled items to keep her costs low. Both the first and second books also explored her friendships, romances, her previous marriage, her close bonds to her German Shepherd dogs, the ebb and flow of nature, and her conservation efforts. Her latter two books in the series, ''Woodswoman III'' (1997) and ''Woodswoman IIII'' (2003) were published by LaBastille's own publishing company, West of the Wind Publications, Inc. In both volumes, LaBastille included stories illustrating the increasing difficulty of juggling a multifaceted career consisting of freelance writing, academic teaching, and conservation consulting work, with her ever present desire to retreat into the wilderness. In ''Woodswoman III'', LaBastille reported how "logistically" it became more and more difficult to live full-time at the remote cabin and keep up with her many endeavors. She chronicled how pollutants were increasing in her remote lake; her only source of drinking water. In a later chapter, she notes how the bottom of her gravity fed water barrel was polluted with various chemicals, including mercury; a heavy metal she linked to dementia. Therefore, she purchased a farmstead, which had modern conveniences such as phone and electricity, near the western shore of Lake Champlain (Westport), but still within the boundaries of the greater Adirondack Park. She writes in ''Woodswoman IIII'' (2003) how her adamant stance against development of the Adirondack Park had created contention and enemies. She received death threats, her remote cabin was broken into and her Westport barn was destroyed by arson fire. She began working on ''Woodswoman V'' shortly after ''Woodwomans IIII'' was published. She stated how self-publishing was more lucrative, but took away valuable time she needed for writing. She never finished ''Woodswoman V''. Other books by Anne LaBastille included ''Mama Poc'', her account of her efforts to save a species of Giant Grebe indigenous to Lake Atitlan in Guatemala from extinction, as well as ''The Wilderness World of Anne LaBastille'' and ''Jaguar Totem''. LaBastille also authored a series of ''Ranger Rick'' children's books published by the National Wildlife Federation: ''The Opossums'' (1973), ''White-Tailed Deer'' (1973), ''Wild Bobcats'' (1973), ''The Seal Family'' (1974). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anne LaBastille」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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