Lynn Levine is the founder of Forest Care, the first woman-owned forestry consulting business in the North East. She's also the author of several books including Mammals: Tracks and Scat, and Identifying Ferns the Easy Way. Lynn started the conservation commission in her town, and she's also the founder of Heartwood Press and Nature Connect, two ventures aimed at connecting all people with the outdoors.
Lynn grew up in a traditional jewish family in Brooklyn, where she was expected to become a school teacher, get married, and have children. But after meeting some interesting people in the forest during a camping trip in college, she decided then and there that she wasn't going to follow the path laid out for her. Listen to episode 10 of Vermontrepreneur to learn the inspiring story of Lynn Levine as she blazes her own trail and stays true to herself, all while creating countless of educational programs and community projects and savings thousands of acres from irresponsible logging in the process.