Land Conservation

…conservation of land and

…conservation of land and conservation of people frequently go hand in hand. Eleanor Roosevelt

The Nation that destroys

The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he’s been given. But up to now he hasn’t been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life’s become extinct, the climate’s ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day. … Read more

Examine each question in

Examine each question in terms of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient. Aldo Leopold

To keep every cog

To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering. Aldo Leopold

The outstanding scientific discovery

The outstanding scientific discovery of the twentieth century is not television, or radio, but rather the complexity of the land organism. Aldo Leopold

If the land mechanism

If the land mechanism as a whole is good then every part is good, whether we understand it or not. Aldo Leopold

We abuse land because

We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. Aldo Leopold

The problem, then, is

The problem, then, is how to bring about a striving for harmony with land among a people many of whom have forgotten there is any such thing as land, among whom education and culture have become almost synonymous with landlessness. This is the problem of conservation education. Aldo Leopold

Man always kills the

Man always kills the thing he loves, and so we the pioneers have killed our wilderness. Some say we had to. Be that as it may, I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map? Aldo … Read more