Better than manifestos

Nubanusit Lake, in the towns of Hancock and Nelson, N.H.

Nubanusit Lake, in the towns of Hancock and Nelson, N.H.

Hancock, N.H., Man Street in 1907

Hancock, N.H., Man Street in 1907

“If a community has good walking paths through fields and forests, people will use them. The right environment is a far better teacher than a heap of manifestos.’’

— Howard Mansfield (born 1957) in The Same Ax, Twice: Restoration and Renewal in a Throwaway Age. He lives in Hancock, N.H., with his wife, Sy Montgomery, who is well known for writing about animals.