The Essential Aldo Leopold: Quotations and Commentaries

by Meine, Curt D.; Knight, Richard L.

• ISBN13: 9780299165505
• ISBN10: 0299165507
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Pr

Summary

For the first time, the most important quotations of the great conservationist Aldo Leopold, author of A Sand County Almanac, are gathered in one volume. From conservation education to wildlife ecology, from wilderness protection to soil and water conservation, the writings of Aldo Leopold continue to have profound influence on those seeking to understand the earth and its care. Leopold biographer Curt Meine and noted conservation biologist Richard Knight have assembled this comprehensive collection of quotations from Leopold's extensive and diverse writings, selected and organized to capture the richness and depth of the North American conservation movement. Prominent biologists, conservationists, historians, and philosophers provide introductory commentaries describing Leopold's contributions in varied fields and reflecting upon the significance of his work today.

Author Biography

Curt D. Meine is the author of Aldo Leopold: His Life and Work, published by the University of Wisconsin Press. Richard L. Knight is professor of wildlife conservation, Colorado State University, and co-editor of several volumes including Wildlife and Recreation and Stewardship Across Boundaries.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
David Ehrenfeld
Introduction	xiv
Editors' Note	xx
Acknowledgments	xxii
PART I CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE	1	(152)
Forest Ecology and Management	3	(17)
Axe-in-Hand
Susan L. Flader
Range Ecology and Management	20	(12)
Open Thinking on the Range
Jack Ward Thomas
Outdoor Recreation	32	(13)
Leopold and the ``Still Unlovely Mind''
Richard L. Knight
Wildlife Ecology and Management	45	(27)
Building the Foundations of Wildlife Conservation
Stanley A. Temple
Soil and Water Conservation	72	(15)
Traveling in the Right Direction
Paul W. Johnson
Agriculture	87	(12)
Preparing for a Sustainable Agriculture
Wes Jackson
Wilderness	99	(17)
A Place of Humility
Terry Tempest Williams
Ecological Restoration	116	(11)
The Continuing Challenge of Restoration
Joy B. Zedler
Biodiversity and Conservation Biology	127	(26)
Standing on Solid Shoulders
Gary K. Meffe
PART II CONSERVATION POLICY	153	(68)
Private Land	155	(13)
Aldo Leopold on Private Land
Eric T. Freyfogle
Public Land	168	(10)
Aldo Leopold on Public Land
Charles Wilkinson
Advocacy	178	(12)
Throwing Your Weight Around
Edwin P. Pister
Economics	190	(11)
Do Economists Know About Lupines?
Donald Snow
Environmental Policy	201	(20)
Leopold as Practical Moralist and Pragmatic Policy Analyst
Bryan G. Norton
PART III CONSERVATION AND CULTURE	221	(112)
Hunting and Fishing	223	(14)
Hunting for Common Ground
Richard Nelson
Environmental History	237	(18)
Leopold and the Changing Landscape of History
Donald Worster
Education	255	(14)
What Is Education For?
David W. Orr
Arts and Sciences	269	(10)
Between Imagination and Observation
Gary Paul Nabhan
Land Esthetics	279	(17)
Through Successive Stages of the Beautiful
Joni L. Kinsey
Land Ethics	296	(18)
Into Terra Incognita
J. Baird Callicott
Leopold's Voice	314	(19)
The Reach of Words
Curt Meine
Notes	333	(10)
Quotation Sources	343	(14)
Contributors	357