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A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There

Aldo Leopold

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Oct 23, 2018 Dave Schaafsma rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: environment

“Does the economist know the grebe?”—Aldo Leopold

7/31/25: The folks at the EPA (The Environmental Protection Agency) that intend to eliminate safety regulations for Americans are not economists. And they are certainly not climate scientists or environmentalists. Their intention is to free American business so that it can make unbridled profits for its billionaire CEOs. Never mind that unprecedented floods and wind and rain and heat from climate change is already costing us us billions:

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Nov 03, 2024 Jonfaith rated it liked it

Shelves: naturalismundi

All conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and when enough have seen and fondled, there is no wilderness left to cherish.

I loved the first half, in essence the titular Sand County Almanac but then things went Bruce Chatwin (I suppose there are myriad factors influencing this ambivalence). I appreciated the digressions on birdsong and the innumerable chains of being which link even copse of trees.

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Apr 10, 2013 Richard marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: outdoors-and-wilderness, nonfiction, backpacker-magazine

From the January 2012 issue of Backpacker magazine: Required Reading:

Leopold's natural history writing seems dated, but his Part 111 essays—“Conservation Esthetic” and “Wildlife in American Culture”—remain some of the most profound and relevant writings ever penned about wilderness values and outdoor recreation.
—Steve Howe
Rocky Mountain editor

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