The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: “What good is it?”
– Aldo Leopold
1887 – 1948 born in Burlington, Iowa
Aldo Leopold is considered to be the the father of wilderness management. In Baraboo, Wisconsin where he made his home on “a worn out farm”, March 2-4, 2012 is Aldo Leopold weekend.
“On this sand farm in Wisconsin, first worn out and then abandoned by our bigger and better society, we try to rebuild, with shovel and axe, what we are losing elsewhere. It is here that we seek—and still find—our meat from God.”
Foreword to A Sand County Almanac (1949), ASCA viii
Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold
All over the USA including in Ames, Cedar Rapids, and Perry Iowa, there will be people getting together to learn more about his Leopold’s legacy.
Check out the calendar to see whether there is a hike, a Green Fire film screening, a service project or a reading of his works in your area in early March.
Green Fire is a 2011 full length documentary about Aldo Leopold’s life.
Tales of Dragons, Rabbits and Roosters 