Companion to A Sand County Almanac: Interpretive and Critical EssaysThe first sustained study of Leopold's seminal book as well as a work of art, philosophy, and social commentary. |
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Forest headquarters were at Springerville, on the volcanic southern rim of the Colorado Plateau, between the pinyon- juniper range and the ponderosa pine forest, beneath the brooding hulk of Escudilla Mountain. It was wild country, ...
Forest headquarters were at Springerville, on the volcanic southern rim of the Colorado Plateau, between the pinyon- juniper range and the ponderosa pine forest, beneath the brooding hulk of Escudilla Mountain. It was wild country, ...
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To push for these measures and to unify his group, Leopold helped write and edit a newspaper, the Pine Cone, which attracted regional and even national attention. As the tide turned in New Mexico, Leopold gained recognition in national ...
To push for these measures and to unify his group, Leopold helped write and edit a newspaper, the Pine Cone, which attracted regional and even national attention. As the tide turned in New Mexico, Leopold gained recognition in national ...
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5 (May 1924): 15-16, 91-95; "Grass Brush, Timber, and Fire in Southern Arizona," Journal of Forestry 22, no. 6 (October 1924): 1—10. 16. Aldo Leopold to officers of the Carson National Forest, 15 July 1913, in the Carson Pine Cone, ...
5 (May 1924): 15-16, 91-95; "Grass Brush, Timber, and Fire in Southern Arizona," Journal of Forestry 22, no. 6 (October 1924): 1—10. 16. Aldo Leopold to officers of the Carson National Forest, 15 July 1913, in the Carson Pine Cone, ...
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... and southern hardwoods to the south — and the pine savannas, conifer-hardwoods, and elements of boreal forest in the north. The preeminent student of the vegetation of Wisconsin, Leopold's friend and colleague, John T. Curtis, ...
... and southern hardwoods to the south — and the pine savannas, conifer-hardwoods, and elements of boreal forest in the north. The preeminent student of the vegetation of Wisconsin, Leopold's friend and colleague, John T. Curtis, ...
Page 47
... burned out, and eroded lands. The sand counties were a case in point. Settled in the 1850s, '60s, and '70s during the rapid plunder of the central Wisconsin pines, the sand counties had done surprisingly 47 Aldo Leopold's Sand Country.
... burned out, and eroded lands. The sand counties were a case in point. Settled in the 1850s, '60s, and '70s during the rapid plunder of the central Wisconsin pines, the sand counties had done surprisingly 47 Aldo Leopold's Sand Country.
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Contents
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| 15 | |
II The Book | 89 |
III The Upshot | 155 |
IV The Impact | 219 |
Appendix | 275 |
Foreword | 281 |
Contributors | 291 |
Index | 295 |
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| Title | Companion to A Sand County Almanac: Interpretive and Critical Essays |
| Author | J. Baird Callicott |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1987 |
| ISBN | 0299112330, 9780299112332 |
| Length | 320 pages |
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