Aldo Leopold

Newton: Water ethics and a peripheral canal

2012-06-25 00:00:00

Jeff Hart is a scientist who knows the history of the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta better than most. He explains its emergence from the Ice Age, traces it through the arrival of the Spanish, recalls the figures of the California Gold Rush and points...

Author Cynthia Barnett's 'Blue Revolution' starts in the garden

2011-10-14 16:34:10

Book review: 'The View from Lazy Point' by Carl Safina

2011-02-06 00:00:00

The View from Lazy Point A Natural Year in an Unnatural World Carl Safina Henry Holt: 416 pp., $30 "The View from Lazy Point" is a naturalist's notebook, a record of a year at Carl Safina's home on the Sound side of eastern Long Island, north of...

Book review: 'Fire Season: Field Notes From a Wilderness Lookout'

2011-05-01 00:00:00

Fire Season: Field Notes From a Wilderness Lookout Philip Connors Ecco Press; 246 pp., $24.99 With its glowing orange cover and title, "Fire Season" looks like another western tale of man versus flame. It turns out to be far rarer than that: a...

Obama, like Sarah Palin, hails hunting, killing wild animals

2009-09-23 04:34:28

National Hunting and Fishing Day -- do you approve of this celebration?

2009-09-25 16:33:57

Discoveries: 'Shoplifting From American Apparel'

2009-09-27 00:00:00

Shoplifting From American Apparel A Novella Tao Lin Melville House: 104 pp., $13 paper It's easy to be skeptical. There's little character development, less plot and scrawny dialogue. Landscape? The warm blue glow of Internet Explorer, the NYU campus...

The big bad wolf

2008-04-30 00:00:00

It's been nearly 100 years since 22-year-old graduate biology student Aldo Leopold shot and killed one of the last wolves in New Mexico. He later recounted the event with regret, describing having watched in the animal's eyes the "dying of that fierce...

Let's Leave a Trickle for Birds Without Borders

2005-06-19 00:00:00

If you want to know what's wrong with the Colorado River, visit Cucap� el Mayor in Mexico, 40 miles below the border. A century ago, the Cucap� Indians could get in their boats to fish and travel to a vast and bountiful estuary where the Colorado River...

David Brower, crusader for the environment, dies at 88

2000-11-07 00:00:00

David Brower, an oracle for wilderness and the most indomitable environmental warrior of 20th century America, has died. He was 88. Brower, who died of bladder cancer Sunday at his home in Berkeley, was a combative, prickly, inspirational and visionary...

Applications for Leopold Conservation Award being accepted until March 9

2012-01-20 01:05:32

PIERRE - Sand County Foundation, the South Dakota Cattlemen's Association and the South Dakota Grassland Coalition are accepting applications for the $10,000 Leopold Conservation Award, which honors South Dakota landowners who demonstrate responsible...

Leopold Conservation Award presentation Dec. 7 in Pierre

2011-12-06 08:15:00

�PIERRE – Todd Mortenson & Family will be presented the 2011 Leopold Conservation Award in conjunction with the South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association’s (SDCA) Annual Convention and Trade Show on Wednesday, December 7 in Pierre. � The...

A horse is reflected in the side mirror of a pickup truck at the base camp to access the Gila area, which lies across the ridge in the background.

2008-09-06 18:21:02