Jan Burda (BIRD-ah) loves wood...

whether it's a towering beech tree in his old growth forest?

the wood he burns to heat his long cabin and will soon burn in the energy-efficient house he's building?

or a downed cherry tree that he uses to make his guitars.

In fact, Burda loves wood - and his woods in southwest Michigan - so much that he?s decided to protect it from development?forever.

Producers Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister have this profile of Jan Burda - guitar maker, performer, teacher and woodsman.

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Our profile on Jan Burda was produced by Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister for Long Haul Productions

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