Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac, "Father of Wildlife Management"

Aldo Leopold’s timeless writings on the beauty and awe inspiring nature of the land has moved many people through the years to capture the essence of his words in many art forms. Perhaps a particular essay has spoken to your artistic abilities whether they be photography, journaling, poetry and the written word or painting and drawing. Share your talents and inspiration with others through our art show to be displayed at the finale event.

"We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect."

- Aldo Leopold

Central Ohio Reads Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac
March 4, 2007 through March 15, 2008

page: www.epa.state.oh.us/oeef/html/leopold2007.html

The seasonal conservation essays of Aldo Leopold’s 1949 classic, A Sand County Almanac, are timeless!  His moving insights and words inspire us to recognize the things of nature that we have lost, value what we have, and protect what generations to come may appreciate. During a period of “bigger and better” early twentieth-century living”, Leopold noted an ever-growing need for a land ethic.  A way of acting, thinking, and doing that would reduce the losses of things natural, wild, and free.  At the same time, instill an inherent sense of obligation to protect and conserve our natural resources for future generations. Today, his clear messages are perhaps more important - more timely - than ever before!

As Aldo Leopold was writing A Sand County Almanac in the 1940’s, he could not have imagined the far-reaching impact his book would have. Published posthumously in 1949, initially over two million copies were printed in nine languages and Leopold has come to be regarded by many as the most influential conservation thinker of the twentieth century. (credit: Aldo Leopold Foundation)

Considered by many as the father of wildlife management and of the United States’ wilderness system, Aldo Leopold was a conservationist, forester, philosopher, educator, writer, and outdoor enthusiast. A prolific writer, authoring articles for professional journals and popular magazines, Leopold conceived of a book geared for general audiences examining humanity’s relationship to the natural world. Thus, A Sand County Almanac was written. It is one of the most respected books about the environment ever published.

For more information about Aldo Leopold and his book A Sand County Almanac, visit: www.aldoleopold.org/index.htm

Aldo Leopold (January 11, 1887 – April 21, 1948) was an American ecologist, forester and environmentalist.
He was influential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness preservation. Leopold is considered to be the father of wildlife management in the United States and was a life-long fisherman and hunter. Leopold died in 1948 from a heart attack, while fighting a brush fire on a neighbor's farm.

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Aldo Leopold (January 11, 1887 – April 21, 1948) was an American ecologist, forester and environmentalist. He was influential in the development of modern ...
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