Saving Tarboo Creek, Scott Freeman
Saving Tarboo Creek, Scott Freeman
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Saving Tarboo Creek
One Family’s Quest to Heal the Land

Author: Scott Freeman

Narrator: Mike Chamberlain

Unabridged: 6 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/24/2018


Synopsis

When the Freeman family decided to restore a damaged creek in Washington's Olympic Peninsula—to transform it from a drainage ditch into a stream that could again nurture salmon—they knew the task would be formidable and the rewards plentiful.

In Saving Tarboo Creek, Scott Freeman artfully blends his family's story with powerful universal lessons about how we can all live more constructive, fulfilling, and natural lives by engaging with the land rather than exploiting it. Equal parts heartfelt and empowering, this book explores how we can all make a difference one choice at a time.

About Scott Freeman

Scott Freeman was born in Beloit, Wisconsin and majored in biology at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. After working in education, exhibits, and public affairs at the Aldo Leopold Foundation and the International Crane Foundation, he completed a PhD in evolutionary biology at the University of Washington.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Clare on January 21, 2018

Four and a half stars from me, owing to a couple of factual inaccuracies. The extended family of Professor Carl Leopold, who wrote 'A Sand County Almanac' about restoring eroded, denuded and exploited land for his family and nature, feature in this book. Tarboo Creek is in Washington State and once......more

Goodreads review by Lena on August 08, 2019

This was an authentic and impressive voice in eco nonfiction! For three generations the Leopold family has practiced what they preached by being equally kind to their community and their land. Harmony, simplicity, balance, fulfillment, and hope are what’s found working weekends restoring Tarboo Cree......more

Goodreads review by wade on January 04, 2018

A preachy book about a families quest to restore a section of a creek to provide a salmon habitat. Their actions and deeds are honorable and I fully support the intent of what he and his family are doing and trying to inspire others to do. However, I sense a feeling of superiority over us (people w......more

Goodreads review by Brenda on December 31, 2017

This family is ridiculously knowledgeable about all things nature. I was continually amazed at how much information was prevalent in the book—not only was it a documentation of their work on Tarboo Creek, it also served as a makeshift nature guide. I learned about the mating and spawning habits of s......more

Goodreads review by K2 on February 24, 2018

Interesting project, the book needed a better editor. To this reader it seemed a bit preachy and not as worthwhile as other books I have read on the topic of nature, land conservation, and ecology. Freeman's family was privileged enough to obtain some acreage on Washington State's Olympic Peninsula,......more