Aldo Leopold

A Yale-educated professor of wildlife management with a deep appreciation for the natural world, Leopold worked with the Forest Service to protect the nation’s first wilderness area. He also wrote A Sand County Almanac, the seminal book on the land ethic.

Repairing nature’s infrastructure with ecological restoration

Oct 12, 2011

There has been a lot of talk lately about the nation’s crumbling manmade infrastructure, such as failing bridges, aging highways and faltering transmission lines.

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Why wilderness matters

Kristen Lodge, Sky-Hi Daily News

Nov 20, 2010

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“We simply need that wild country available to us, even if we never do more than drive to its edge and look in. For it can be a means of reassuring ourselves of our sanity as creatures, a part of the geography of hope.” - Wallace Stegner's Wilderness Letter, December 3, 1960

Why Wilderness Matters

Beloved Conservationist's Vision Lives On

Katurah Mackay , Arizona Republic

Aug 22, 2009

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Arizona's rugged natural beauty has been life-changing for generations of Americans, notably Georgia O'Keefe, Frank Lloyd Wright, the Udalls and Aldo Leopold, one of the country's most beloved conservationists.

This year marks the centennial of Leopold discovering a "land ethic" and wilderness vision in the Southwest. To help celebrate his contributions to the modern conservation movement, a variety of programs will be held over Labor Day weekend at Nutrioso in the White Mountains.

NMSU to celebrate Aldo Leopold's Southwest arrival

Silver City (NM) Sun-News

Aug 16, 2009

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New Mexico State University's College of Arts and Sciences, through the Southwest Borders Cultures Institute and the Departments of Government and History, is helping to organize and sponsor a conference Labor Day weekend to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Aldo Leopold's arrival in the Southwest.

"In the Footsteps of Leopold," is scheduled for Sept. 5-7 in Nutrioso, Ariz., where Leopold began his career in the forest service. NMSU is organizing the event as part of its Year of Sustainability effort.

Statement from William H. Meadows on President Obama’s National Wilderness Month Proclamation

Anonymous

Sep 1, 2010

WASHINGTON –Today, President Obama issued a proclamation declaring September as National Wilderness Month. The proclamation comes at a time of opportunity for our wildlands: the conclusion of America’s Great Outdoors listening sessions and National Public Lands Day, which kicks off Wilderness Week at the end of September.

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The Wilderness Society: 75 years of saving America’s wild heritage

Jan 21, 2010

Seventy-five years ago today, a group of visionary individuals founded an organization whose sole purpose was to protect America’s wild heritage and all it embraced — rushing rivers, towering forests, vast deserts, scenic wonders, magnificent wildlife and quiet solitude. That organization was The Wilderness Society. Today, we are the nation’s leading public lands conservation group, using 21st century approaches to protect wilderness and inspire Americans to care for our wild places.

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