Guest Post by Kate Jakubowski Changing the Landscape: Aldo Leopold’s Conservation Legacy Combing through the archives of Aldo Leopold is no small feat. Located at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Aldo Leopold archives contain 83 boxes of material which are divided into twelve different series. It will take you more than a day to learn about the life of Leopold—probably months or years, if you have the time—but this is appropriate for a man who devoted his life to his love of conservation. Known as the Father of Wildlife Management, [1] the Father of Modern Conservation, and father of five children, all of whom followed in his footsteps to become noted scientists of their own, Aldo Leopold was not just an important figure in the 20 th century conservation movement but a pioneering one. Leopold’s book, A Sand County Almanac , was a landmark in environmentalism where he developed his land ethic philosophy. He also created a new field of study within environmentalism, ...
