“Reading the Forest Landscape” by Aldo Leopold  

Web resources:  An entire web page is devoted to the life, work, and ideals of Aldo Leopold.

Reading guides:

Do you think the title of this section of Leopold’s almanac has any special significance for the goals of our course?  To what “evidence” (105-6) does Aldo appeal when he points to the “value” of the diseases to which trees are subject?  What is he getting at when he says this makes his woodlot a “mighty fortress”?  Are you be able to relate what Leopold is doing here to the Bonaventurian themes of this step?

What story do the actions of the animals in Leopold’s land tell? (107-8)

What is the significance of the shovel and pines in the final section of this extract from Leopold’s almanac?

What do these brief episodes show us, if anything at all, about the intellectual journey?