 She traveled around the world and worked with many non-profit organizations to study and alleviate the destructive effects of acid rain and pollution on lakes and wildlife.LaBastille's most popular books, the "Woodswoman" series, were a set of four memoirs spanning four decades of her life in the Adirondack Mountains and chronicled her relationship with the wilderness.Inspired by Henry David Thoreau's "Walden", LaBastille purchased land on the edge of a mountain lake in the Adirondacks, where she built a log cabin in 1964.