Beavers Changed His Life Forever: Adirondack Environmentalist Paul Schaefer
by David Gibson Beaver lodge near North CreekPaul Schaefer once told me that his mentor, “Forever Wild” advocate and organizer John Apperson, would occasionally dress in fur to be more noticeable when, during lobbying of the state legislature, Apperson opposed threats to Lake George, the Forest Preserve and its constitutional protection. Schaefer learned from Apperson…