“The richest values of wilderness lie not in the days of Daniel Boone, nor even in the present, but rather in the future.” Aldo Leopold
Alligator in Monroe County Creek
Aldo Leopold, author of Sand County Almanac, the 1949 classic concerning conservation and land ethics, reminds us of the continued need to protect America’s wild places. Although current leadership equates undeveloped land with opportunities to extract and destroy, voters can speak out to defend national treasures against exploitation and annihilation. Not everyone can write a book, but almost everyone can write emails to elected officials -start today-for your grandchildren.
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