The Essential Aldo Leopold

For the first time, the most important quotations from the writing of the great conservationist Aldo Leopold, author of A Sand County Alamanac, are gathered in one volume. From conservation education to wildlife ecology, from wilderness protection to soil and water conservation, the works of Aldo Leopold continue to have profound influence on those seeking to understand the land 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. The editors have organized the quotations in twenty-one chapters under the broad themes of conservation science and practice, conservation policy, and conservation and culture. Each chapter begins with an introductory essay by a prominent conservation scholar who provides perspective on Leopold's contributions in these various fields.