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		<title>Results of the Membership Vote &#038; Looking Ahead</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Migdal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dear Members and Friends, Thank you for participating in the recent membership vote on the proposed merger with Thoreau Farm. Your engagement, questions, and thoughtful deliberation have been essential throughout this process. We are grateful for the care you have shown for the future of our organization and for Thoreau’s enduring legacy. 327 members weighed in&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Atlantic Magazine Features Article by Two Thoreau Society Members</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 14:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“Why Concord?”,  an article by long-time Thoreauvians Robert A. Gross, PhD, and Robert M. Thorson, PhD, appears in the November 2025 issue of The Atlantic. Known to their friends as Bob and Thor, Professors Gross and Thorson have each served as board members of the Thoreau Society and have published widely praised books on Thoreau and&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Living Well: Thoreau, Health, and Flourishing &#8211; Annual Gathering 2026 Call for Proposals</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 16:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Dr. Jane Goodall (1934-2025)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 21:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Update on Potential Merger between the Thoreau Society and Thoreau Farm Trust</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Migdal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2025 22:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Robert Macfarlane Awarded 2025 Thoreau Prize for Literary Excellence in Nature Writing</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Migdal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2025 13:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Robert Macfarlane is an internationally renowned, award-winning author of numerous best-selling books, including The Old Ways, The Wild Places, and Mountains of the Mind. The Thoreau Society awarded Macfarlane the 2025 Henry David Thoreau Prize for Literary Excellence in Nature Writing in recognition of his profound contributions to literature that explores the relationships between people,&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Potential Merger between the Thoreau Society and Thoreau Farm Trust</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Migdal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 14:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Celebrate the Maine Woods at the Thoreau-Wabanaki Trail Festival on July 23-28, 2025</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Migdal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The annual Thoreau-Wabanaki Trail Festival commemorates the ways the Wabanaki people and naturalist philosopher Henry David Thoreau’s three trips into the Maine Woods, two of which were launched with Penobscot guides on Moosehead Lake. The trail consists of traditional Wabanaki canoe routes and portages over the great Maine rivers of the Kennebec, Penobscot, and Allagash&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Announcing the 2025 Thoreau Prize</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Migdal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2025 23:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Thoreau Society announces that Robert Macfarlane is the winner of the 2025 Henry David Thoreau Prize for Literary Excellence in Nature Writing. Robert Macfarlane is internationally renowned for his writing on nature, people, and place. His best-selling books include Underland, Landmarks, The Old Ways, The Wild Places, and Mountains of the Mind; they have been translated into more than thirty&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>2025 Thoreau Society Fellowship Opportunities</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Migdal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2025 18:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Thoreau Society is pleased to announce that it will offer two $1,000 fellowships in 2025 to support scholarly and creative work on Henry David Thoreau, including his writings, life and legacy. In the past, the Thoreau Society Fellowships Committee has given preference to projects that make use of materials at the Walden Woods Project&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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