The River of the Mother of God: and other Essays by Aldo Leopold
by Aldo Leopold edited by J. Baird Callicott and Susan L. Flader
University of Wisconsin Press, 1992 eISBN: 978-0-299-12763-3 | Paper: 978-0-299-12764-0
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
His name is inextricably linked with a single work, A Sand County Almanac, a classic of natural history literature and the conservationist's bible. This book brings together the best of Leopold's essays.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY Aldo Leopold was Professor of Wildlife Management at the University of Wisconsin. Susan L. Flader is Professor of History at the University of Missouri, Columbia. J. Baird Callicott is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point.
REVIEWS
"Aldo Leopold was a rare and wonderful combination of prophet, professor, civil servant, and muddy-boot lover of the land. Like Henry David Thoreau and John Muir, his heart was in the forest and the field, and his best-known work, A Sand County Almanac, has rightly been compared in soul and spirit to their writings. But unlike Thoreau and Muir, Leopold also spent a lifetime in the suit-and-tie world of government and academia. He led the way in propelling the United States conservation movement from garden and shooting clubs to government agencies and legislatures, and was perhaps the first person to fully perceive the importance of a new scientific discipline—ecology—that half a century later would have profound political impact. . . . Now, two Leopold experts have gathered together 59 essays to show the breadth and depth of his thinking and above all his intellectual development. . . . Flader and Callicott have done an excellent job of giving public voice to a pioneer environmentalist."—Brad Knickerbocker, Christian Science Monitor
"A fascinating intellectual history. . . . This book, which includes a helpful chronology of Leopold's life and a fine introduction written by the editors, makes it clear that Leopold was deeply involved in virtually all the land-use and environmental issues of his day, and that he outlined most of the arguments conservationists are still making—and still losing."—Bill McKibben, New York Times Book Review
"Readers have a new opportunity to look upon the intellectual development of this Midwestern-born scholar known as 'the father of wildlife management.' . . . Passionate and thought-provoking."—Bill Nelson, Milwaukee Journal
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTENTS
PREFACE
ALDO LEOPOLD: A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY
INTRODUCTION
A Tramp in November (1904)
The Maintenance of Forests (1904)
The Busy Season (1911)
To the Forest Officers of the Carson (1913)
The Varmint Question (1915)
The Popular Wilderness Fallacy: An Idea That Is Fast Exploding (1918)
Forestry and Game Conservation (1918)
Notes on the Behavior of Pintail Ducks in a Hailstorm (1919)
Wild Lifers vs. Game Farmers: A Plea for Democracy in Sport (1919)
“Piute Forestry” vs. Forest Fire Prevention (1920)
The Forestry of the Prophets (1920)
The Wilderness and Its Place in Forest Recreational Policy (1921)
Standards of Conservation (1922)
Some Fundamentals of Conservation in the Southwest (1923)
A Criticism of the Booster Spirit (1923)
Pioneers and Gullies (1924)
Grass, Brush, Timber, and Fire in Southern Arizona (1924)
The River of the Mother of God (1924)
Conserving the Covered Wagon (1925)
The Pig in the Parlor (1925)
Wilderness as a Form of Land Use (1925)
The Home Builder Conserves (1928)
Ho! Compadres Piñoneros! (1929)
Report to the American Game Conference on an American Game Policy (1930)
Game Methods: The American Way (1931)
Game and Wild Life Conservation (1932)
Grand-Opera Game (1932)
The Virgin Southwest (1933)
The Conservation Ethic (1933)
Conservation Economics (1934)
Helping Ourselves (1934)
The Arboretum and the University (1934)
Land Pathology (1935)
Coon Valley: An Adventure in Cooperative Conservation (1935)
Review of Elton, Exploring the Animal World (1935)
Wilderness (1935)
Threatened Species (1936)
Means and Ends in Wild Life Management (1936)
Conservationist in Mexico (1937)
Chukaremia (1938)
Letter to a Wildflower Digger (1938)
Engineering and Conservation (1938)
The Farmer as a Conservationist (1939)
A Biotic View of Land (1939)
New Year's Inventory Checks Missing Game (1940)
The State of the Profession (1940)
Ecology and Politics (1941)
Wilderness as a Land Laboratory (1941)
The Last Stand (1942)
Land-Use and Democracy (1942)
The Role of Wildlife in a Liberal Education (1942)
What Is a Weed? (1943)
Conservation: In Whole or in Part? (1944)
Review of Young and Goldman, The Wolves of North America (1945)
The Outlook for Farm Wildlife (1945)
Review of Farrington, The Ducks Came Back (1946)
Adventures of a Conservation Commissioner (1946)
Wherefore Wildlife Ecology? (1947)
The Ecological Conscience (1947)
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The River of the Mother of God: and other Essays by Aldo Leopold
by Aldo Leopold edited by J. Baird Callicott and Susan L. Flader
University of Wisconsin Press, 1992 eISBN: 978-0-299-12763-3 Paper: 978-0-299-12764-0
His name is inextricably linked with a single work, A Sand County Almanac, a classic of natural history literature and the conservationist's bible. This book brings together the best of Leopold's essays.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY Aldo Leopold was Professor of Wildlife Management at the University of Wisconsin. Susan L. Flader is Professor of History at the University of Missouri, Columbia. J. Baird Callicott is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point.
REVIEWS
"Aldo Leopold was a rare and wonderful combination of prophet, professor, civil servant, and muddy-boot lover of the land. Like Henry David Thoreau and John Muir, his heart was in the forest and the field, and his best-known work, A Sand County Almanac, has rightly been compared in soul and spirit to their writings. But unlike Thoreau and Muir, Leopold also spent a lifetime in the suit-and-tie world of government and academia. He led the way in propelling the United States conservation movement from garden and shooting clubs to government agencies and legislatures, and was perhaps the first person to fully perceive the importance of a new scientific discipline—ecology—that half a century later would have profound political impact. . . . Now, two Leopold experts have gathered together 59 essays to show the breadth and depth of his thinking and above all his intellectual development. . . . Flader and Callicott have done an excellent job of giving public voice to a pioneer environmentalist."—Brad Knickerbocker, Christian Science Monitor
"A fascinating intellectual history. . . . This book, which includes a helpful chronology of Leopold's life and a fine introduction written by the editors, makes it clear that Leopold was deeply involved in virtually all the land-use and environmental issues of his day, and that he outlined most of the arguments conservationists are still making—and still losing."—Bill McKibben, New York Times Book Review
"Readers have a new opportunity to look upon the intellectual development of this Midwestern-born scholar known as 'the father of wildlife management.' . . . Passionate and thought-provoking."—Bill Nelson, Milwaukee Journal
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTENTS
PREFACE
ALDO LEOPOLD: A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY
INTRODUCTION
A Tramp in November (1904)
The Maintenance of Forests (1904)
The Busy Season (1911)
To the Forest Officers of the Carson (1913)
The Varmint Question (1915)
The Popular Wilderness Fallacy: An Idea That Is Fast Exploding (1918)
Forestry and Game Conservation (1918)
Notes on the Behavior of Pintail Ducks in a Hailstorm (1919)
Wild Lifers vs. Game Farmers: A Plea for Democracy in Sport (1919)
“Piute Forestry” vs. Forest Fire Prevention (1920)
The Forestry of the Prophets (1920)
The Wilderness and Its Place in Forest Recreational Policy (1921)
Standards of Conservation (1922)
Some Fundamentals of Conservation in the Southwest (1923)
A Criticism of the Booster Spirit (1923)
Pioneers and Gullies (1924)
Grass, Brush, Timber, and Fire in Southern Arizona (1924)
The River of the Mother of God (1924)
Conserving the Covered Wagon (1925)
The Pig in the Parlor (1925)
Wilderness as a Form of Land Use (1925)
The Home Builder Conserves (1928)
Ho! Compadres Piñoneros! (1929)
Report to the American Game Conference on an American Game Policy (1930)
Game Methods: The American Way (1931)
Game and Wild Life Conservation (1932)
Grand-Opera Game (1932)
The Virgin Southwest (1933)
The Conservation Ethic (1933)
Conservation Economics (1934)
Helping Ourselves (1934)
The Arboretum and the University (1934)
Land Pathology (1935)
Coon Valley: An Adventure in Cooperative Conservation (1935)
Review of Elton, Exploring the Animal World (1935)
Wilderness (1935)
Threatened Species (1936)
Means and Ends in Wild Life Management (1936)
Conservationist in Mexico (1937)
Chukaremia (1938)
Letter to a Wildflower Digger (1938)
Engineering and Conservation (1938)
The Farmer as a Conservationist (1939)
A Biotic View of Land (1939)
New Year's Inventory Checks Missing Game (1940)
The State of the Profession (1940)
Ecology and Politics (1941)
Wilderness as a Land Laboratory (1941)
The Last Stand (1942)
Land-Use and Democracy (1942)
The Role of Wildlife in a Liberal Education (1942)
What Is a Weed? (1943)
Conservation: In Whole or in Part? (1944)
Review of Young and Goldman, The Wolves of North America (1945)
The Outlook for Farm Wildlife (1945)
Review of Farrington, The Ducks Came Back (1946)
Adventures of a Conservation Commissioner (1946)
Wherefore Wildlife Ecology? (1947)
The Ecological Conscience (1947)
PUBLICATIONS OF ALDO LEOPOLD
INDEX
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