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Inspired by Maine's extraordinary land-and-seascape, the author recounts a lifetime of intertwined adventures on the water, and professional and volunteer land conservation engagement. Shining through is the joy of Maine ocean and landscape, fascination with good boats, dedication to conservation, and observations about a changing world.
Important land trust history, and some national trust, is set forth for the first time. Maps by Jane Crosen.
Among the advance comments:
“Great history and warmly written!. . . from a player present at the birth of the modem conservation movement.”—Tim Glidden, President, Maine Coast Heritage Trust
“… a fantastic job of merging the personal and professional, factual and reflective, historical and contemporary.”—Janet Milne, Professor, VT Law School
“As one of Maine's pioneers for the land trust movement, Ben Emory's historical perspective in Sailor for the Wild is both enlightening and entertaining . . . An admirable accomplishment and nicely written.”—Anthony Irving, Preservation Chair, Lyme (CT) Land Conservation Trust and ocean sailor
Ben Emory of Bar Harbor and Brooklin, Maine, has decades of conservation experience. As executive director of Maine Coast Heritage Trust, he helped Acadia National Park launch its nationally heralded conservation easement program. Co-founding the Land Trust Exchange (now Alliance) and serving as its president, he later became Maine representative for The Conservation Fund. He has served on several land trust boards as well as the Land for Maine's Future Board and Acadia National Park Advisory Commission.
He has published articles in
Northern Woodlands, Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors, Cruising World and
Yachtin
List of contents
- Introduction
- Two Passions
- Early Exposure to Boats, People, and Islands
- Developing Sea Legs and Networks
- Afloat in the Glare of the First Earth Day
- The Launching of Maine Coast Heritage Trust
- Hurricane
- At the Helm of Maine Coast Heritage Trust
- Transition
- With a National Megaphone – the Land Trust Exchange
- Acadia National Park
- Bird Habitat
- Meadow Brook Farm
- Wooden Boats – an Art Form of Profound Genius
- The Rewards of Brooklin-built Small Craft
- Washington County
- Cutler Challenges
- Land for Maine's Future – the Best and the Worst of Times
- Schoodic
- Navigation
- Pessimism and Hope in a Fast Changing World
About the author
By Ben Emory
