September + October 2019 ADIRONDACK LIFE 51
Anne LaBastille came to Big Moose Lake as a young woman, where she fell in love with the owner
of a lakeside lodge. But her enduring love affair was with the Adirondacks, its mountains, lakes and
creatures. With a PhD in wildlife ecology from Cornell University, she wrote about white-tailed deer,
bobcats, birds and opossums. The autobiography that earned her millions of fans across the globe
was Woodswoman, chronicling her solitary life at Twitchell Lake in the 1970s. She received numerous
international awards and honorary degrees; in her role as an Adirondack Park Agency commissioner,
she consistently supported wilderness preservation.ANNE LABASTILLE
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