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is keeping the resource in working order, as well as preventing overuse. Resources may get out of order before they are exhausted, sometimes while they are still abundant. Conservation, therefore, is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence or caution.
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is keeping the resource in working order, as well as preventing overuse. Resources may get out of order before they are exhausted, sometimes while they are still abundant. Conservation, therefore, is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence or caution.
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is keeping the resource in working order, as well as preventing overuse. Resources may get out of order before they are exhausted, sometimes while they are still abundant. Conservation, therefore, is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence or caution.
Admirers of Leopold's work will find much of value--but little that will be wholly new--in these pages. --Gregory McNamee ]]> 1999 0 0 false Wed Dec 09 13:08:20 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 13:08:20 -0800 2009 78680750 983385 1226802 1559637633 9781559637633 0 <![CDATA[For the Health of the Land: Previously Unpublished Essays And Other Writings]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502m/1226802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502s/1226802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1226802.For_the_Health_of_the_Land_Previously_Unpublished_Essays_And_Other_Writings 4.27 11 The Wisconsin Agriculturalist and Farmer. Many of them are gathered in this collection of previously uncollected prose pieces. Those who worked the land, Leopold believed, were best equipped to protect it; his essays touch on such matters as providing safe havens for migratory waterfowl and predatory birds, weighing the merits of artificially planted windbreaks against those of natural fencerows, and arguing that farmers should take care not to plow over plants that provide food for wildlife. Always he urges that his readers think ahead to consider the natural implications of both feast and famine. "Conservation," he notes,
is keeping the resource in working order, as well as preventing overuse. Resources may get out of order before they are exhausted, sometimes while they are still abundant. Conservation, therefore, is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence or caution.
Admirers of Leopold's work will find much of value--but little that will be wholly new--in these pages. --Gregory McNamee ]]> 1999 0 0 false Sun Nov 22 17:41:46 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 17:41:52 -0800 2009 75401573 1690128 1226802 1559637633 9781559637633 0 <![CDATA[For the Health of the Land: Previously Unpublished Essays And Other Writings]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502m/1226802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502s/1226802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1226802.For_the_Health_of_the_Land_Previously_Unpublished_Essays_And_Other_Writings 4.27 11 The Wisconsin Agriculturalist and Farmer. Many of them are gathered in this collection of previously uncollected prose pieces. Those who worked the land, Leopold believed, were best equipped to protect it; his essays touch on such matters as providing safe havens for migratory waterfowl and predatory birds, weighing the merits of artificially planted windbreaks against those of natural fencerows, and arguing that farmers should take care not to plow over plants that provide food for wildlife. Always he urges that his readers think ahead to consider the natural implications of both feast and famine. "Conservation," he notes,
is keeping the resource in working order, as well as preventing overuse. Resources may get out of order before they are exhausted, sometimes while they are still abundant. Conservation, therefore, is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence or caution.
Admirers of Leopold's work will find much of value--but little that will be wholly new--in these pages. --Gregory McNamee ]]> 1999 0 0 false Thu Oct 22 13:34:48 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 13:34:48 -0700 2009 74835315 324793 1226802 1559637633 9781559637633 0 <![CDATA[For the Health of the Land: Previously Unpublished Essays And Other Writings]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502m/1226802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502s/1226802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1226802.For_the_Health_of_the_Land_Previously_Unpublished_Essays_And_Other_Writings 4.27 11 The Wisconsin Agriculturalist and Farmer. Many of them are gathered in this collection of previously uncollected prose pieces. Those who worked the land, Leopold believed, were best equipped to protect it; his essays touch on such matters as providing safe havens for migratory waterfowl and predatory birds, weighing the merits of artificially planted windbreaks against those of natural fencerows, and arguing that farmers should take care not to plow over plants that provide food for wildlife. Always he urges that his readers think ahead to consider the natural implications of both feast and famine. "Conservation," he notes,
is keeping the resource in working order, as well as preventing overuse. Resources may get out of order before they are exhausted, sometimes while they are still abundant. Conservation, therefore, is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence or caution.
Admirers of Leopold's work will find much of value--but little that will be wholly new--in these pages. --Gregory McNamee ]]> 1999 0 0 false Sat Oct 17 12:13:28 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 12:13:28 -0700 2009 68410119 2638635 1226802 1559637633 9781559637633 0 <![CDATA[For the Health of the Land: Previously Unpublished Essays And Other Writings]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502m/1226802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502s/1226802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1226802.For_the_Health_of_the_Land_Previously_Unpublished_Essays_And_Other_Writings 4.27 11 The Wisconsin Agriculturalist and Farmer. Many of them are gathered in this collection of previously uncollected prose pieces. Those who worked the land, Leopold believed, were best equipped to protect it; his essays touch on such matters as providing safe havens for migratory waterfowl and predatory birds, weighing the merits of artificially planted windbreaks against those of natural fencerows, and arguing that farmers should take care not to plow over plants that provide food for wildlife. Always he urges that his readers think ahead to consider the natural implications of both feast and famine. "Conservation," he notes,
is keeping the resource in working order, as well as preventing overuse. Resources may get out of order before they are exhausted, sometimes while they are still abundant. Conservation, therefore, is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence or caution.
Admirers of Leopold's work will find much of value--but little that will be wholly new--in these pages. --Gregory McNamee ]]> 1999 3 0 false Fri Aug 21 20:44:32 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 23:47:38 -0700 2009 63413114 2504119 1226802 1559637633 9781559637633 0 <![CDATA[For the Health of the Land: Previously Unpublished Essays And Other Writings]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502m/1226802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502s/1226802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1226802.For_the_Health_of_the_Land_Previously_Unpublished_Essays_And_Other_Writings 4.27 11 The Wisconsin Agriculturalist and Farmer. Many of them are gathered in this collection of previously uncollected prose pieces. Those who worked the land, Leopold believed, were best equipped to protect it; his essays touch on such matters as providing safe havens for migratory waterfowl and predatory birds, weighing the merits of artificially planted windbreaks against those of natural fencerows, and arguing that farmers should take care not to plow over plants that provide food for wildlife. Always he urges that his readers think ahead to consider the natural implications of both feast and famine. "Conservation," he notes,
is keeping the resource in working order, as well as preventing overuse. Resources may get out of order before they are exhausted, sometimes while they are still abundant. Conservation, therefore, is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence or caution.
Admirers of Leopold's work will find much of value--but little that will be wholly new--in these pages. --Gregory McNamee ]]> 1999 0 0 false Tue Jul 14 05:28:39 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 05:28:39 -0700 2009 58710004 2387806 1226802 1559637633 9781559637633 0 <![CDATA[For the Health of the Land: Previously Unpublished Essays And Other Writings]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502m/1226802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502s/1226802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1226802.For_the_Health_of_the_Land_Previously_Unpublished_Essays_And_Other_Writings 4.27 11 The Wisconsin Agriculturalist and Farmer. Many of them are gathered in this collection of previously uncollected prose pieces. Those who worked the land, Leopold believed, were best equipped to protect it; his essays touch on such matters as providing safe havens for migratory waterfowl and predatory birds, weighing the merits of artificially planted windbreaks against those of natural fencerows, and arguing that farmers should take care not to plow over plants that provide food for wildlife. Always he urges that his readers think ahead to consider the natural implications of both feast and famine. "Conservation," he notes,
is keeping the resource in working order, as well as preventing overuse. Resources may get out of order before they are exhausted, sometimes while they are still abundant. Conservation, therefore, is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence or caution.
Admirers of Leopold's work will find much of value--but little that will be wholly new--in these pages. --Gregory McNamee ]]> 1999 0 0 false Sat Jun 06 20:44:55 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 20:44:55 -0700 2009 57854905 2280278 1226802 1559637633 9781559637633 0 <![CDATA[For the Health of the Land: Previously Unpublished Essays And Other Writings]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502m/1226802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502s/1226802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1226802.For_the_Health_of_the_Land_Previously_Unpublished_Essays_And_Other_Writings 4.27 11 The Wisconsin Agriculturalist and Farmer. Many of them are gathered in this collection of previously uncollected prose pieces. Those who worked the land, Leopold believed, were best equipped to protect it; his essays touch on such matters as providing safe havens for migratory waterfowl and predatory birds, weighing the merits of artificially planted windbreaks against those of natural fencerows, and arguing that farmers should take care not to plow over plants that provide food for wildlife. Always he urges that his readers think ahead to consider the natural implications of both feast and famine. "Conservation," he notes,
is keeping the resource in working order, as well as preventing overuse. Resources may get out of order before they are exhausted, sometimes while they are still abundant. Conservation, therefore, is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence or caution.
Admirers of Leopold's work will find much of value--but little that will be wholly new--in these pages. --Gregory McNamee ]]> 1999 0 0 false Sat May 30 09:49:05 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 09:49:05 -0700 2009 51730706 2195066 1226802 1559637633 9781559637633 0 <![CDATA[For the Health of the Land: Previously Unpublished Essays And Other Writings]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502m/1226802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502s/1226802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1226802.For_the_Health_of_the_Land_Previously_Unpublished_Essays_And_Other_Writings 4.27 11 The Wisconsin Agriculturalist and Farmer. Many of them are gathered in this collection of previously uncollected prose pieces. Those who worked the land, Leopold believed, were best equipped to protect it; his essays touch on such matters as providing safe havens for migratory waterfowl and predatory birds, weighing the merits of artificially planted windbreaks against those of natural fencerows, and arguing that farmers should take care not to plow over plants that provide food for wildlife. Always he urges that his readers think ahead to consider the natural implications of both feast and famine. "Conservation," he notes,
is keeping the resource in working order, as well as preventing overuse. Resources may get out of order before they are exhausted, sometimes while they are still abundant. Conservation, therefore, is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence or caution.
Admirers of Leopold's work will find much of value--but little that will be wholly new--in these pages. --Gregory McNamee ]]> 1999 0 0 false Mon Apr 06 15:16:37 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 15:16:37 -0700 2009 46627704 610744 1226802 1559637633 9781559637633 0 <![CDATA[For the Health of the Land: Previously Unpublished Essays And Other Writings]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502m/1226802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502s/1226802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1226802.For_the_Health_of_the_Land_Previously_Unpublished_Essays_And_Other_Writings 4.27 11 The Wisconsin Agriculturalist and Farmer. Many of them are gathered in this collection of previously uncollected prose pieces. Those who worked the land, Leopold believed, were best equipped to protect it; his essays touch on such matters as providing safe havens for migratory waterfowl and predatory birds, weighing the merits of artificially planted windbreaks against those of natural fencerows, and arguing that farmers should take care not to plow over plants that provide food for wildlife. Always he urges that his readers think ahead to consider the natural implications of both feast and famine. "Conservation," he notes,
is keeping the resource in working order, as well as preventing overuse. Resources may get out of order before they are exhausted, sometimes while they are still abundant. Conservation, therefore, is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence or caution.
Admirers of Leopold's work will find much of value--but little that will be wholly new--in these pages. --Gregory McNamee ]]> 1999 5 0 false Tue Nov 03 09:54:29 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 08:10:48 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 08:10:48 -0800 2009 42041014 1487866 1226802 1559637633 9781559637633 0 <![CDATA[For the Health of the Land: Previously Unpublished Essays And Other Writings]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502m/1226802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502s/1226802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1226802.For_the_Health_of_the_Land_Previously_Unpublished_Essays_And_Other_Writings 4.27 11 The Wisconsin Agriculturalist and Farmer. Many of them are gathered in this collection of previously uncollected prose pieces. Those who worked the land, Leopold believed, were best equipped to protect it; his essays touch on such matters as providing safe havens for migratory waterfowl and predatory birds, weighing the merits of artificially planted windbreaks against those of natural fencerows, and arguing that farmers should take care not to plow over plants that provide food for wildlife. Always he urges that his readers think ahead to consider the natural implications of both feast and famine. "Conservation," he notes,
is keeping the resource in working order, as well as preventing overuse. Resources may get out of order before they are exhausted, sometimes while they are still abundant. Conservation, therefore, is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence or caution.
Admirers of Leopold's work will find much of value--but little that will be wholly new--in these pages. --Gregory McNamee ]]> 1999 4 0 false Mon Jan 05 19:09:30 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 19:09:30 -0800 2009 41649475 626856 1226802 1559637633 9781559637633 0 <![CDATA[For the Health of the Land: Previously Unpublished Essays And Other Writings]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502m/1226802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502s/1226802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1226802.For_the_Health_of_the_Land_Previously_Unpublished_Essays_And_Other_Writings 4.27 11 The Wisconsin Agriculturalist and Farmer. Many of them are gathered in this collection of previously uncollected prose pieces. Those who worked the land, Leopold believed, were best equipped to protect it; his essays touch on such matters as providing safe havens for migratory waterfowl and predatory birds, weighing the merits of artificially planted windbreaks against those of natural fencerows, and arguing that farmers should take care not to plow over plants that provide food for wildlife. Always he urges that his readers think ahead to consider the natural implications of both feast and famine. "Conservation," he notes,
is keeping the resource in working order, as well as preventing overuse. Resources may get out of order before they are exhausted, sometimes while they are still abundant. Conservation, therefore, is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence or caution.
Admirers of Leopold's work will find much of value--but little that will be wholly new--in these pages. --Gregory McNamee ]]> 1999 4 0 false Mon Jan 19 21:22:41 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 16:00:33 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 21:22:41 -0800 2009 40637578 892249 1226802 1559637633 9781559637633 0 <![CDATA[For the Health of the Land: Previously Unpublished Essays And Other Writings]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502m/1226802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502s/1226802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1226802.For_the_Health_of_the_Land_Previously_Unpublished_Essays_And_Other_Writings 4.27 11 The Wisconsin Agriculturalist and Farmer. Many of them are gathered in this collection of previously uncollected prose pieces. Those who worked the land, Leopold believed, were best equipped to protect it; his essays touch on such matters as providing safe havens for migratory waterfowl and predatory birds, weighing the merits of artificially planted windbreaks against those of natural fencerows, and arguing that farmers should take care not to plow over plants that provide food for wildlife. Always he urges that his readers think ahead to consider the natural implications of both feast and famine. "Conservation," he notes,
is keeping the resource in working order, as well as preventing overuse. Resources may get out of order before they are exhausted, sometimes while they are still abundant. Conservation, therefore, is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence or caution.
Admirers of Leopold's work will find much of value--but little that will be wholly new--in these pages. --Gregory McNamee ]]> 1999 5 0 false Sun Dec 21 19:16:52 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 19:16:52 -0800 2008 31936894 1487532 1226802 1559637633 9781559637633 0 <![CDATA[For the Health of the Land: Previously Unpublished Essays And Other Writings]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502m/1226802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502s/1226802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1226802.For_the_Health_of_the_Land_Previously_Unpublished_Essays_And_Other_Writings 4.27 11 The Wisconsin Agriculturalist and Farmer. Many of them are gathered in this collection of previously uncollected prose pieces. Those who worked the land, Leopold believed, were best equipped to protect it; his essays touch on such matters as providing safe havens for migratory waterfowl and predatory birds, weighing the merits of artificially planted windbreaks against those of natural fencerows, and arguing that farmers should take care not to plow over plants that provide food for wildlife. Always he urges that his readers think ahead to consider the natural implications of both feast and famine. "Conservation," he notes,
is keeping the resource in working order, as well as preventing overuse. Resources may get out of order before they are exhausted, sometimes while they are still abundant. Conservation, therefore, is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence or caution.
Admirers of Leopold's work will find much of value--but little that will be wholly new--in these pages. --Gregory McNamee ]]> 1999 0 0 false Wed Sep 03 14:39:32 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 14:39:32 -0700 2008 17462099 982425 1226802 1559637633 9781559637633 0 <![CDATA[For the Health of the Land: Previously Unpublished Essays And Other Writings]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502m/1226802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502s/1226802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1226802.For_the_Health_of_the_Land_Previously_Unpublished_Essays_And_Other_Writings 4.27 11 The Wisconsin Agriculturalist and Farmer. Many of them are gathered in this collection of previously uncollected prose pieces. Those who worked the land, Leopold believed, were best equipped to protect it; his essays touch on such matters as providing safe havens for migratory waterfowl and predatory birds, weighing the merits of artificially planted windbreaks against those of natural fencerows, and arguing that farmers should take care not to plow over plants that provide food for wildlife. Always he urges that his readers think ahead to consider the natural implications of both feast and famine. "Conservation," he notes,
is keeping the resource in working order, as well as preventing overuse. Resources may get out of order before they are exhausted, sometimes while they are still abundant. Conservation, therefore, is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence or caution.
Admirers of Leopold's work will find much of value--but little that will be wholly new--in these pages. --Gregory McNamee ]]> 1999 5 0 false Mon Mar 10 15:32:04 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 10 15:32:04 -0700 2008 16609141 951074 1226802 1559637633 9781559637633 0 <![CDATA[For the Health of the Land: Previously Unpublished Essays And Other Writings]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502m/1226802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502s/1226802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1226802.For_the_Health_of_the_Land_Previously_Unpublished_Essays_And_Other_Writings 4.27 11 The Wisconsin Agriculturalist and Farmer. Many of them are gathered in this collection of previously uncollected prose pieces. Those who worked the land, Leopold believed, were best equipped to protect it; his essays touch on such matters as providing safe havens for migratory waterfowl and predatory birds, weighing the merits of artificially planted windbreaks against those of natural fencerows, and arguing that farmers should take care not to plow over plants that provide food for wildlife. Always he urges that his readers think ahead to consider the natural implications of both feast and famine. "Conservation," he notes,
is keeping the resource in working order, as well as preventing overuse. Resources may get out of order before they are exhausted, sometimes while they are still abundant. Conservation, therefore, is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence or caution.
Admirers of Leopold's work will find much of value--but little that will be wholly new--in these pages. --Gregory McNamee ]]> 1999 5 0 false Thu Feb 28 09:36:45 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 09:36:45 -0800 2008 15873153 917358 1226802 1559637633 9781559637633 0 <![CDATA[For the Health of the Land: Previously Unpublished Essays And Other Writings]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502m/1226802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502s/1226802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1226802.For_the_Health_of_the_Land_Previously_Unpublished_Essays_And_Other_Writings 4.27 11 The Wisconsin Agriculturalist and Farmer. Many of them are gathered in this collection of previously uncollected prose pieces. Those who worked the land, Leopold believed, were best equipped to protect it; his essays touch on such matters as providing safe havens for migratory waterfowl and predatory birds, weighing the merits of artificially planted windbreaks against those of natural fencerows, and arguing that farmers should take care not to plow over plants that provide food for wildlife. Always he urges that his readers think ahead to consider the natural implications of both feast and famine. "Conservation," he notes,
is keeping the resource in working order, as well as preventing overuse. Resources may get out of order before they are exhausted, sometimes while they are still abundant. Conservation, therefore, is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence or caution.
Admirers of Leopold's work will find much of value--but little that will be wholly new--in these pages. --Gregory McNamee ]]> 1999 0 0 false Tue Feb 19 23:49:59 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 23:50:03 -0800 2008 14103431 851902 1226802 1559637633 9781559637633 0 <![CDATA[For the Health of the Land: Previously Unpublished Essays And Other Writings]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502m/1226802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502s/1226802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1226802.For_the_Health_of_the_Land_Previously_Unpublished_Essays_And_Other_Writings 4.27 11 The Wisconsin Agriculturalist and Farmer. Many of them are gathered in this collection of previously uncollected prose pieces. Those who worked the land, Leopold believed, were best equipped to protect it; his essays touch on such matters as providing safe havens for migratory waterfowl and predatory birds, weighing the merits of artificially planted windbreaks against those of natural fencerows, and arguing that farmers should take care not to plow over plants that provide food for wildlife. Always he urges that his readers think ahead to consider the natural implications of both feast and famine. "Conservation," he notes,
is keeping the resource in working order, as well as preventing overuse. Resources may get out of order before they are exhausted, sometimes while they are still abundant. Conservation, therefore, is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence or caution.
Admirers of Leopold's work will find much of value--but little that will be wholly new--in these pages. --Gregory McNamee ]]> 1999 0 0 false Wed Jan 30 17:19:10 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 17:19:10 -0800 2008 12995951 806830 1226802 1559637633 9781559637633 0 <![CDATA[For the Health of the Land: Previously Unpublished Essays And Other Writings]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502m/1226802.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182051502s/1226802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1226802.For_the_Health_of_the_Land_Previously_Unpublished_Essays_And_Other_Writings 4.27 11 The Wisconsin Agriculturalist and Farmer. Many of them are gathered in this collection of previously uncollected prose pieces. Those who worked the land, Leopold believed, were best equipped to protect it; his essays touch on such matters as providing safe havens for migratory waterfowl and predatory birds, weighing the merits of artificially planted windbreaks against those of natural fencerows, and arguing that farmers should take care not to plow over plants that provide food for wildlife. Always he urges that his readers think ahead to consider the natural implications of both feast and famine. "Conservation," he notes,
is keeping the resource in working order, as well as preventing overuse. Resources may get out of order before they are exhausted, sometimes while they are still abundant. Conservation, therefore, is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence or caution.
Admirers of Leopold's work will find much of value--but little that will be wholly new--in these pages. --Gregory McNamee ]]> 1999 4 0 false Sun Jan 20 17:08:41 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 17:08:41 -0800 2008 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1226802