THE WALDEN WOODS PROJECT CONCERT - PHOTO PASS - OCT 21, 22 & 24, 1991 AT MSG

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THE WALDEN WOODS PROJECT CONCERT - PHOTO PASS - OCTOBER 21, 22 & 24, 1991.
Organized by musician Don Henley, Monday's concert featured Melissa Etheridge, Elton John, Sting, Aerosmith, and Jimmy Buffet, and raised an estimated .3 million for the Walden Woods Project, Henley's three-year-old nonprofit initiative. The revenue will help pay off .5 million in loans taken out to purchase 43.6 acres of forested land near Walden Pond.
This wilderness area, known as Walden Woods, was the site of Thoreau's two-year study of philosophy and natural systems chronicled in his book ``Walden.'' Now protected by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Walden Pond and much of its surrounding woodland draws 500,000 visitors a year from around the world. At a pre-concert press conference, Henley called it ``the birthplace of the American environmental movement.''