Aldo Leopold
Aldo Leopold
Aldo Leopoldwas an American author, scientist, ecologist, forester, conservationist, and environmentalist. He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin and is best known for his book A Sand County Almanac, which has sold more than two million copies...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth11 January 1887
CityBurlington, IA
CountryUnited States of America
ethically examine question terms
Examine each question in terms of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient.
land practice pieces
What more delightful avocation than to take a piece of land and by cautious experimentation to prove how it works. What more substantial service to conservation than to practice it on one's own land?
cannot cherish chop environment hand harmony land left
Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left
economics last laws mark roads thinking
Mark this well, the laws of economics are the last thing the roads booster is thinking about
conservation interest land-conservation
Conservation will ultimately boil down to rewarding the private landowner who conserves the public interest.
new-relationship land people
Conservation viewed in its entirety, is the slow and laborious unfolding of a new relationship between people and land.
mountain woods nine
Mechanized recreation already has seized nine-tenths of the woods and mountains; a decent respect for minorities should dedicate the other tenth to wilderness.
landscape portraits owners
The landscape of any farm is the owner's portrait of himself.
wildlife administration profession
Wildlife administration, in this respect, is not yet a profession.
loyalty intellectual important
No important change in ethics was ever accomplished without an internal chage in our intellectual emphasis, loyalties, affections, and convictions.
noses wilderness stealing
The sweetest hunts are stolen. To steal a hunt, either go far into the wilderness where no one has been, or else find some undiscovered place under everybody's nose
useless firsts hobbies
At first blush I am tempted to conclude that a satisfactory hobby must be in large degree useless, inefficient, laborious, or irrelevant.
yield doe pay
Cease being intimidated by the argument that a right action is impossible because it does not yield maximum profits, or that a wrong action is to be condoned because it pays.
safety long comfort
We all strive for safety, prosperity, comfort, long life, and dullness.