- Anne LaBastille
Anne LaBastille, author of "Woodswoman", "Beyond Black Bear Lake", "Woodswoman III", Woodswoman IV, "Assignment:Wildlife", and "Women of the Wilderness", is a noted ecologist as well. She has been honored by the
National Wildlife Federation and theExplorers Club for her pioneering work in wildlife ecology both in the United States and in Guatemala. She has been a contributing writer to the Sierra Club, and National Geographic as well as many other magazines. She has written more than 150 published articles, given workshops and lectures for over forty years and served on many conservation organizations in theAdirondack Mountains of New York where she owns land and built a cabin around 1965. Though she realized the need to buy lumber and hire help for the first, she built her second cabin with local wood herself. She was also a certified New York State Guide. LaBastille travelled around the world and worked with many organizations to study and alleviate the destructive effects of acid rain on lakes and wildlife.LaBastille has also written five children's books. In 1994, she received the Roger Tory Peterson Award for National Nature Educator and in 1993, she was awarded a Gold Medal from the
Society of Woman Geographers . She has an Honorary Doctor of Letters from Ripon College, Wisconsin.Other books by Anne LaBastille include Mama Poc, the Wilderness World of Anne LaBastille and Jaguar Totem. LaBastille is also a noted wildlife photographer and her work has appeared in many nature publications.
Anne LaBastille was born in New Jersey in 1935*.
* or 1933: unless she a)completed her '55 bachelors in half the time or b)graduated high school 2 years early?
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