Trying to save what we inherited

The "grass ramp" from the entrance to the lily pond at the Connecticut College Arboretum

The "grass ramp" from the entrance to the lily pond at the Connecticut College Arboretum

“What I have done in life has not been motivated by an effort to save myself from unpleasant experiences in the next, but rather, at least in part, by a desire to preserve the beauty and biological integrity of the earth we have inherited.’’

— Richard H. Goodwin (1910-2007), botanist and conservationist, co-founder and twice president of The Nature Conservancy and long-time professor and director of the arboretum at Connecticut College, in New London