Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land. By land is meant all of the things on, over, or in the earth. Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left. Our Public Lands - Page 61956Full view - About this book
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry - 1991 - 604 pages
...define ours. We define conservation much like Aldo Leopold defined it in "A Sand County Almanac," as: A state of harmony between men and land. By land is...say, you cannot love game and hate predators; you conserve the waters and waste the ranges; you cannot build the forest and mine the farm. The land is... | |
| Donald Worster - 1994 - 528 pages
...by the narrow thread of man's willingness to make accommodations. In "Round River," Leopold wrote: Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you...predators; you cannot conserve the waters and waste the ranges; you cannot build the forest and mine the farm. The land is one organism. To get the varmint... | |
| Jill Metcoff - 1997 - 196 pages
...between men and land. By land is meant all of the things on, over, or in the earth Harmony with the land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish...predators; you cannot conserve the waters and waste the ranges; you cannot build the forest and mine the farm. The land is one organism. Its parts, like our... | |
| Anthony N. Penna - 1999 - 324 pages
...Conservation (1953) Aldo Leopold Conservation is a bird that flies faster than the shot we aim at it. .. .Conservation is a state of harmony between men and...predators; you cannot conserve the waters and waste the ranges; you cannot build the forest and mine the farm. The land is one organism. Its parts, like our... | |
| John Warfield Simpson - 1999 - 422 pages
...placed on our environmental use. This revised interpretation is the most common connotation today: "Conservation is a state of harmony between men and...cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left. . . . The land is one organism. Its parts, like our own parts, compete with each other and co-operate... | |
| Donald G. Kaufman, Cecilia M. Franz - 2000 - 708 pages
...Park System, National Wildlife Refuge System, National Forest System, and National Resource Lands. Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you...predators; you cannot conserve the waters and waste the ranges; you cannot build the forest and mine the farm. The land is an organism. Aldo Leopold / had... | |
| A. L. Herman - 1999 - 268 pages
...posthumously published "Round River," he stated his environmental holism even more memorably and succinctly: Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you...predators; you cannot conserve the waters and waste the ranges; you cannot build the forest and mine and farm. The land is one organism. Furthermore, "predators... | |
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