Announcing the 2007-2008 CORE Book

A Sand County Almanac
by Aldo Leopold

 
Born in 1887 and raised in Burlington, IA, Aldo Leopold developed an interest in the natural world at an early age.  Graduating from the Yale Forest School in 1909, he pursued a career with the U.S. Forest Service and was named supervisor of the Carson National Forest in New Mexico.  Later he accepted a chair in game management at the University of Wisconsin.  In 1935, he and his family began their own ecological restoration experiment on a farm along the Wisconsin River.  They planted thousands of pine trees, restored prairies, and documented changes in flora and fauna.

A Sand County Almanac is a collection of Leopold’s essays, first published in 1949.  With over two million copies sold, it is one of the most respected books about the environment ever published.  Leopold has come to be regarded by many as the most influential conservation thinker of the twentieth century.

“Outdoor prose writing at its best…A trenchant book, full of beauty and vigor…All through it is [Leopold’s] deep love for a healthy land.”   The New York Times Book Review

“One of the most beautiful, heart-warming, and important nature books to appear in years.”   The Chicago Tribune

“We can place this book on the shelf that holds the writings of Thoreau and John Muir.”   The San Francisco Chronicle

A Sand County Almanac is particularly applicable in the following programs and courses:  Environmental Studies, Biomass Energy Processing, Wind Energy & Turbine Technology, all agriculture programs, biology, ecology and environmental sciences, ethics, history, and composition classes.

Copies of A Sand County Almanac are available in the Iowa Lakes Community College libraries and the Iowa Lakes bookstore. ISBN: 0195053052 Oxford University Press, 1949

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