Restoring the Land - An Interview with Susan Freeman

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Learning a Land Ethic - Restoring the Land
Interview of Susan Freeman

by Chris Peterson and Ellen Blackstone

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[Susan Freeman plays Star of the County Down]    
Aldo Leopold, in his ground-breaking work A Sand County Almanac, described his family’s efforts to restore their land to its natural state. Slight pause Leopold’s granddaughter, Susan Freeman, a piano teacher in Seattle, inherited that land ethic. When offered the chance to help restore a watershed on Western Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, Susan and her husband, Scott, couldn’t wait to dig in. Together with fellow land-owner Peter Bahls, the Freemans are restoring the five-mile-long Tarboo Creek. They’ve planted more than 5,000 trees so far.  What inspires someone to put so much time and energy into a piece of land?  Let’s hear from Susan: 
Susan describes planting trees in the tradition of her grandfather and father, involving her children …for their children and future generations…  
Earth Day is tomorrow. What could you do to help the natural world? You needn’t go far. There’s probably a [patch of ivy or reed-canary grass, Brazilian pepper or other invasive plant that you could do battle with. Find a] project near you. Learn more at BirdNote.org.
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Susan Freeman played Star of the County Down, an old Irish folk tune
Producer: John Kessler
Executive Producer: Chris Peterson
© 2012 Tune In to Nature.org     April 2012     Narrator:  Michael Stein

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