A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There is a collection of essays originally published in 1949 that together explain what conservation is and our relationship with the natural world. Just as relevant today as it was in the middle of the 20th century, this classic work by Aldo Leopold – who among other things was a forester and scientist as well as a philosopher and author – is a close-up view of American nature that at the same time paints a bigger picture of environmentalism. Meanwhile, Leopold makes a compelling call for us to protect that which matters most to us and end mankind’s destructive activities.
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A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There is a collection of essays originally published in 1949 that together explain what conservation is and our relationship with the natural world. Just as relevant today as it was in the middle of the 20th century, this classic work by Aldo Leopold – who among other things was a forester and scientist as well as a philosopher and author – is a close-up view of American nature that at the same time paints a bigger picture of environmentalism. Meanwhile, Leopold makes a compelling call for us to protect that which matters most to us and end mankind’s destructive activities.