Living a land ethic : a history of cooperative conservation on the Leopold Memorial Reserve / Stephen A. Laubach ; foreword by Stanley A. Temple.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laubach, Stephen A., author.

Temple, Stanley A., author of introduction, etc.

Series:

Wisconsin land and life.

Wisconsin Land and Life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural resources conservation areas--Wisconsin.

Natural resources conservation areas.

Restoration ecology--Wisconsin.

Restoration ecology.

Conservation biology--Wisconsin.

Conservation biology.

Aldo Leopold Memorial Reserve (Wis.).

Leopold, Aldo, 1887-1948.

Leopold, Aldo.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (155 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wisconsin ; London, England : The University of Wisconsin Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1935, in the midst of relentless drought, Aldo Leopold purchased an abandoned farm along the Wisconsin River near Baraboo, Wisconsin. An old chicken coop, later to become famous as the Leopold "Shack, " was the property's only intact structure. The Leopold family embraced this spent farm as a new kind of laboratory-a place to experiment on restoring health to an ailing piece of land. Here, Leopold found inspiration for writing A Sand County Almanac, his influential book of essays on conservation and ethics. Living a Land Ethic chronicles the formation of the 1, 600-acre reserve surrounding the Shack. When the Leopold Memorial Reserve was founded in 1967, five neighboring families signed an innovative agreement to jointly care for their properties in ways that honored Aldo Leopold's legacy. In the ensuing years, the Reserve's Coleman and Leopold families formed the Sand County Foundation and the Aldo Leopold Foundation. These organizations have been the primary stewards of the Reserve, carrying on a tradition of ecological restoration and cooperative conservation. Author Stephen A. Laubach draws from the archives of both foundations, including articles of incorporation, correspondence, photos, managers' notes, and interviews to share with readers the Reserve's untold history and its important place in the American conservation movement.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Foreword by Stanley A. Temple ""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 - Settlement and Changing Land Health in the Central Sands Area""; ""Chapter 2 - Sowing the Seeds of the Leopold Memorial Reserve Idea""; ""Chapter 3 - Implementing a Management Plan""; ""Chapter 4 - Growth in Research and Education Programs""; ""Chapter 5 - Conservation's Next Generation""; ""Conclusion: The Legacy of the Leopold Memorial Reserve ""; ""Afterword""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780299298739

0299298736

OCLC:

881183653