A Tribute to Mary Woodsen

Mary Woodsen

​Mary Woodsen, journalist, conservation burial pioneer, and friend, died November 4, 2025, at age 77. The following is a remembrance of this gentle soul, her contribution to the spread of natural burials, and the founding of Greensprings Natural Cemetery Preserve near Ithaca NY. 
 
On October 17th, 2001, the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership (WCEP) launched an effort to establish an eastern migratory population (EMP) between Wisconsin and Florida. The whooping cranes, born in captivity, imprinted on a white ultralight and were following it on the inaugural flight to Florida.

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