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View the Future would like to share an exciting new book written by Andrea Scharf, one of the original founders and past chairperson of View the Future.
Andrea’s book, Saving Big Creek tells the history of a battle to save 186-acres along Big Creek, halfway between Yachats and Florence, Oregon. It took almost forty years before the property was finally secured by The Nature Conservancy and turned over to Oregon State Parks to be preserved as a natural area forever.
The struggle is told through personal interviews, extensive research in land use records, court decisions, and background material on everything from the geology of the Central Oregon Coast to the life cycle of the Oregon Silverspot Butterfly to the history of human habitation. Andrea braids the natural and human environments into a compelling story. Although the developer who bought the Big Creek property dismissed the opposition as “a bunch of dope-smoking hippies,” the local community was smart, resourceful, cohesive and determined, and stuck with it until the goal was achieved.
Besides being a good story, Saving Big Creek is an inspiration to all of us who care about the fate of our planet and who work and contribute to keeping it healthy.
You can purchase Saving Big Creek directly from the author at http://www.savingbigcreek.com/works.htm. Andrea will donate 10% of all sales to View the Future if you say you saw this post on View the Future’s website, so be sure to indicate that you saw this announcement on the VtF website! (You can also email the author, Andrea Scharf, and say you want your purchase to count for the 10% donation.)
