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Aldo Leopold

Aldo Leopold--Nature Above All

"Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land." In this phrase from the book, A Sand County Almanac, author Aldo Leopold expresses the most basic concept of land preservation and conservation.

Born in Burlington, Iowa in 1887, Aldo Leopold always had a keen interest in nature. He spent much of his childhood wandering through the forests, prairies, and streams near his home, and as a young adult he attended Lawrenceville School in New Jersey. After college, he earned a Master's Degree in Forestry from Yale University in Connecticut.
Following the completion of his Master's Degree, Leopold joined the United States Forest Service and worked at the Apache National Forest in Arizona. His experience there was essential to his future, as he developed an idea of the environmental community. To Leopold, a community was more than just the interactions of humans. His notion of community encompassed humans, animals, and plants. This......


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