Save the Land
Oct. 15, 1859
Each town should have a park, or rather a primitive forest, of five hundred or a thousand acres, where a stick should never be cut for fuel, a common possession forever, for instruction and recreation. We hear of cow-commons and ministerial lots, but we want men-commons and lay lots, inalienable forever….
All Walden Wood might have been preserved for our park forever, with Walden in its midst, and the Easterbrooks Country, an unoccupied area of some four square miles, might have been our huckleberry-field…. As some give to Harvard College or another institution, why might not another give a forest or huckleberry-field to Concord?
-H.D.T.
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Pressure to develop is very real and once development occurs, it is virtually impossible to turn that land back to nature. If everyone chips in a little, we can continue the fantastic work well underway to protect Thoreau country, which is well beyond the confines of Walden. I am not affiliated with the following organizations, except through regular membership. They provide a fantastic, direct place for everyone to chip in to help protect the land, maintain trails, and ensure public access.
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