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Free public event ~ everyone is welcome ~ light refreshments available!5:30 p.m. meet & greet
6:00 Presentation
*Also available on Zoom. See details below.*
Aldo Leopold wrote that a land ethic must “evolve in the minds of a thinking community.” Join us as Curt Meine explores the past, present, and future of an evolving conservation ethic.
Curt Meine is a conservation biologist, environmental historian, and writer based in Sauk County, Wisconsin. He serves as Senior Fellow with the Aldo Leopold Foundation (Baraboo, WI) and the Center for Humans and Nature (Libertyville, IL); as Research Associate with the International Crane Foundation (Baraboo, WI); and as Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. For more than three decades he has worked with a wide array of organizations at the intersection of conservation, agriculture, water, climate change, environmental justice, and community resilience. Meine has authored and edited several books, including the award-winning biography Aldo Leopold: His Life and Work (1988/2010). His most recent book is We Can Do Better: Collected Writings on Land, Conservation, and Public Policy by Paul W. Johnson (2025). He served as on-screen guide in the Emmy Award-winning documentary film Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time (2011). In his home landscape, he is a founding member of the Sauk Prairie Conservation Alliance.
Aldo Leopold (1887–1948) is considered the father of wildlife ecology and modern conservation, having influenced the fields of forestry, wildlife management, and wilderness protection. He proposed that our relationship with the environment should be based on a moral obligation to the land, recognizing that it is a community to which we belong rather than a commodity to be owned and exploited. This shift in perspective is central to modern conservation ethics. He championed the understanding of the complex interconnectedness of ecosystems.
Today, Leopold's legacy continues to inspire and guide our efforts toward conservation and harmonious coexistence with the natural world.
*Can't make it in person? Join us on Zoom at 6:00 Mountain Time:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88173621695?pwd=eVlRZ3lSQ1BhUzVGUmN3akE0bTJ4QT09
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