Aldo Leopold Resources

Throughout the semester, we will be reading selections from Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac. The Aldo Leopold Foundation provides a lot of great resources, including the 2011 documentary film, Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time.

We will be watching the shorter version of the film in class on Tuesday followed by  discussion of key ideas around Leopold's views of conservation and wilderness. Before our discussion of the Leopold readings on Thursday, I recommend reviewing the study guides for the film and the short essay, "Thinking Like a Mountain." These provide great questions and prompts that might inform or help shape your Wilderness Reflection essays. The study guide for A Sand County Almanac (especially the last page on "The Outlook") should also be a useful resource for later Leopold readings in the semester. Study guides courtesy of The Aldo Leopold Foundation.