Wilderness Partners: Buzz Caverly and Baxter State Park
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (538 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0884483045 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 480 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Journalist Phyllis Austin (Brunswick, Maine) has covered environmental and forestland issues in Maine for more than 30 years, including many years at the Maine Times. . Her books include Queen Bee: Roxanne Quimby, Burt's Bees and her Quest for a New National Park, On Wilderness and Wilderness Partners
"A Full Vista Biography" according to Bunny McBride. I followed Phyllis Austin's environmental news articles during the many years she wrote for the Maine Times. I felt drawn to her work because it went deep, didn't pull punches, and ultimately had real impact on conservation policy in the state. In "Wilderness Partners" she's taken her well-honed reporting skills to new heigh. More than just wilderness partnersmore like dedicated employees for a lifetime G. Trask After having known Buzz and Jan for many years and having the opportunity to volunteer at the park for many years, I find this book a real accounting of the 46 years that it took to live out this dream. Phyllis does a great job blending anecdote and history to give the reader a true account of the preservation of Baxter Park
The result is an impressive, warts-and-all look at Caverly and the park thanks to Austin's exhaustive research and attention to detaile storyteller in this case is top-notch, and readers are likely to start wishing the book was even longer before they reach the halfway mark” (Bangor Daily News) . The first and most important of those elements is a strong central character, Buzz himself.Also deserving of the title 'wilderness partner' alongside Buzz and Governor Baxter is, for my money, Phyllis Austin, who has held high the wilderness banner both during her long career as a reporter and now with this monumental, diligently researched, and thoroughly engaging tribute to Buzz Caverly. Percival Bax
From the Wild West days of the 1960s to the intensely managed years of the 1990s and beyond, the clash of personalities and politics is entertaining and inspiring, and reveals the minefield of people and issues Buzz had to negotiate to save the park's wilderness character. Caverly's legendary career in the park one of the most unusual wilderness areas in the nation culminated when he became park director in 1981. Over the years he saw tremendous changes in attitude about land conservation, public access, and park management. Buzz Caverly’s inspiring story reveals the minefield of people and issues he negotiated to save the park’s wilderness character. Buzz Caverly first joined the ranger staff at Baxter State Park in 1960, when the new park was