Justine Paradis
Laura Waterman holds a handmade plaque that she and her husband Guy awarded to Mad Dog, the maple tree on their homestead with the highest maple sap production.
Credit Justine Paradis
In New England, the Waterman name is like mountain royalty. But beyond a tight circle of outdoors-people, they re not a household name.
In February 2020, Sam Evans-Brown visited Laura Waterman, one of the most influential voices in American wilderness philosophy, for a conversation about writing, living off-grid, protecting Franconia Ridge, and how she s changed following the death of her husband.
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