The Essential Aldo Leopold: Quotations and Commentaries

Contents

Foreword David Ehrenfeld Introduction Editors' Note Acknowledgments Contents PART I CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 1 Forest Ecology and Management Axe-in-Hand Susan L. Flader xi xiv xx xxii 1 3 2 Range Ecology and Management 20 Open Thinking on the Range Jack Ward Thomas 3 Outdoor Recreation 32 Leopold and the "Still Unlovely Mind" Richard L. Knight 4 Wildlife Ecology and Management 45 Building the Foundations of Wildlife Conservation Stanley A. Temple 5 Soil and Water Conservation 72 Traveling in the Right Direction Paul W.Johnson 6 Agriculture Preparing for a Sustainable Agriculture WesJackson 7 Wilderness A Place of Humility Terry Tempest Williams vii 87 99 viii Contents 8 Ecological Restoration The Continuing Challenge of Restoration Joy B. Zedler 9 Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Standing on Solid Shoulders GaryK Meffe PART II CONSERVATION POLICY 10 Private Land AIdo Leopold on Private Land Eric T. Freyfogle 11 Public Land AIdo Leopold on Public Land Charles Wilkinson 116 127 153 155 168 12 Advocacy 178 Throwing Your Weight Around Edwin P. Pister 13 Econonllcs 190 Do Economists Know About Lupines? Donald Snow 14 Environmental Policy 201 Leopold as Practical Moralist and Pragmatic Policy Analyst Bryan G. Norton PART III CONSERVATION AND CULTURE 221 15 Hunting and Fishing 223 Hunting for Common Ground Richard Nelson 16 Environmental History 237 Leopold and the Changing Landscape of History Donald Worster Contents IX 17 Education 255 What Is Education For? David W Orr 18 Arts and Sciences 269 Between Imagination and Observation Gary Paul Nabhan 19 Land Esthetics 279 Through Successive Stages of the Beautiful Joni L. Kinsey 20 Land Ethics 296 Into Terra Incognita J Baird Callicott 21 Leopold's Voice 314 The Reach of Words Curt Meine Notes 333 Quotation Sources 343 Contributors 357 ...