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Jack's Summer of Monitoring

Wildlife monitoring fellow Jack Lindaas spent his summer in the fields and prairies, gathering data. His surveys will help establish baselines for future prairie restoration projects.

The 2025 Phenology Calendar is Here!

Announcing the early return of a seasonal favorite! Follow along with the Leopold legacy of phenological record-keeping, and learn what's in store in the 2025 edition.

Leopold Pines Threatened by Climate Change

"I love all trees, but I am in love with pines," wrote Aldo Leopold 75 years ago. Today, some of his beloved pines are suffering the effects of climate change. Learn how our land stewardship team is handling the death of these historic trees, and what their decline means for the Leopold legacy.

The Raw Push and Pull Behind the Almanac

Selections from the seven-year correspondence between Leopold and prospective publishers, reveal struggle, disagreement, admiration—the story, in it's opening draft, behind the publication of A Sand County Almanac.

Meet the 2024-25 Future Leaders Fellows

This year's Fellows have hit the ground running, and they're all about the land ethic. Learn more about the faces you'll be seeing at the forefront of conservation this year.

Gila Centennial Wilderness Excursion

Watch a short photo slideshow commemorating a centennial trip into the Gila Wilderness.

Gila Letter from The President of the United States

President Biden recognizes the national importance of the Gila Wilderness on its 100th birthday, with special thanks to conservation advocate Aldo Leopold.

Moving Mountains

Curt Meine illuminates Leopold's visionary perch between science and art.

The Foreword That Was Not to Be

A tale of two forewords to A Sand County Almanac

Leopold's Wild Idea, Part 3

Part Three of Kysh Lindell's exploration of the Gila Wilderness Area of southwest New Mexico, its past, present, and future.

Humans of the Gila: Excerpts from First & Wildest

Selected excerpts from the essay collection "First & Wildest: The Gila Wilderness at 100," edited by Elizabeth Hightower Allen

The Wilderness and Its Place in Forest Recreational Policy

Aldo Leopold's transformative 1921 essay about the need for American wilderness.

Contemplating Winter’s Canvas

Bennett Artman, Leopold Foundation Land Stewardship Fellow, faces his evolving views on land stewardship on the Leopold-Pines Conservation Area.

Leopold's Wild Idea | Part Two

Part Two of Kysh Lindell's exploration of the Gila Wilderness Area of southwest New Mexico, its past, present, and future.

Leopold's Wild Idea, Part One

2023-24 Education and Communications Fellow Kysh Lindell's history of Leopold and the Gila Wilderness

The Wing of the Swallow

The introduction to Ben Goldfarb's Crossings, How Road Ecology is Reshaping the Future of Our Planet

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