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A land ethic changes the role of Homo sapiens from conqueror of the land-community to plain member and citizen of it. It implies respect for his fellow-members and also respect for the community as such.
-- Aldo Leopold
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A native of Burlington, Iowa, Aldo Leopold
who saw the great need for wise use of land and water
resources. The internationally known conservationist,
ecologist, and educator devoted his life to planting seeds
of thought about how farming should be productive but not
interfere with natural systems.
During his 61 years, he published nearly 500
works including technical reports, speeches, textbooks,
newsletters, reviews, and even a few poems. But he is
best-known for A Sand County Almanac, a collection of
41 essays published 18 months after his death in 1948.
This book has been compared to Henry David
Thoreau's Walden, Rachel Carson's Silent Spring
and the works of John Muir. Many of the essays focused on
the the birds, animals and plants surrounding Leopold's
weekend home (called "the Shack") on the Wisconsin River
north of Madison.
In this book, Leopold outlined his famous "land
ethic" and development of an ecological conscience.
An early graduate from Yale University's
School of Forestry, Leopold worked many years for the U.S.
Forest Service in the Arizona and New Mexico territories. He
also was a game consultant, and chaired the country's first
Department of Game Management at the University of
Wisconsin. He helped found the
Wilderness Society and the Wildlife Society and was
active in numerous conservation organizations.
Read about Leopold's views on agriculture
Downloadable
summary of Leopold's life [PDF] from the Aldo Leopold
Foundation
April 4, 2005 radio feature, Great Lakes Radio
Consortium
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Aldo Leopold Foundation,
research, education and management of the Leopold
"Sand Farm," Baraboo, Wisconsin
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Leopold Heritage Group,
dedicated to preserving
Leopold's legacy where he
was born and spent his early
years in Burlington, Iowa
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Aldo Leopold Nature Center, education and outreach, Monona, Wisconsin
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The Leopold Educational Project,
curriculum and other
resources can be ordered
online, Minneapolis,
Minnesota
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Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research,
research institute of the U.S. Forest Service, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
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Aldo Leopold Weekend,
officially the first weekend
in March in the state of
Wisconsin, designated as a
time to read from Leopold's
A Sand County Almanac
and learn more about his
land ethic
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Aldo Leopold Leadership Program, fellowships for up to 20 scientists each year, established in 1998
Game Management, Aldo Leopold, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1933
A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold,
Oxford University Press, 1949
Round River: From the Journals of Aldo
Leopold, Oxford University Press, 1953
Thinking Like a Mountain: Aldo Leopold
and the Evolution of an Ecological Attitude toward Deer,
Wolves and Forests, Susan Flader, University of Missouri
Press, 1974
Companion to A Sand County Almanac:
Interpretive and Critical Essays, J. Baird Callicott,
University of Wisconsin Press, 1987
Aldo Leopold: His Life and Work, Curt
Meine, University of Wisconsin Press, 1988
The River of the Mother of God: And Other
Essays by Aldo Leopold, Susan Flader and J. Baird
Callicott, editors, University of Wisconsin Press, 1991
Aldo Leopold: Living with the Land,
Julie Dunlap, Twenty-First Century Books, 1993 (for younger
readers)
Aldo Leopold's Southwest, Aldo
Leopold (David E. Brown, editor), University of New Mexico
Press, 1995
The Essential Aldo Leopold: Quotations
and Commentaries, Curt Meine and Richard Knight (editors), University of Wisconsin Press, 1999
A Sand County Almanac, Outdoor Essays and
Reflections, Aldo Leopold, Kenneth Brower (editor) and
Michael Sewell (photographer), Oxford University Press, 2001
For the Health of the Land: Previously
Unpublished Essays and Other Writings, Aldo Leopold and J.
Baird Callicott and Eric T. Freyfogle (editors), Island
Press, 2001
Aldo Leopold: A Fierce Green Fire,
Marybeth Lorbiecki, Falcon, 2005
Aldo Leopold's Odyssey: Rediscovering the
Author of A Sand County Almanac, Julianne Lutz Newton,
Island Press, 2006
Excerpts from Leopold's works
Aldo Leopold: Edge of the Prairie
Aldo Leopold: Ecology Hall of Fame
Transformation of Aldo Leopold
Aldo Leopold philosophy
Aldo Leopold legacy
Aldo Leopold, father of wildlife management
Aldo Leopold on land conservation
Leopold archives and photographs, at the University of
Wisconsin's Ecology and Natural Resources Digital Collection
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