Land health is the capacity for self-renewal in the soils, waters, plants, and animals that collectively comprise the land. — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
. . . perhaps our grandsons, having never seen a wild river, will never miss the chance to set a canoe in… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
I shall now confess to you that none of those three trout had to be beheaded, or folded double, to fit their… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts.… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
Hydrologists have demonstrated that the meanderings of a creek are a necessary part of the hydrologic functioning. The flood plain belongs to… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left. That is… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
This whole effort to rebuild and stabilize a countryside is not without its disappointments and mistakes... What matter though these temporary growing… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
The practice of conservation must spring from a conviction of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as what is economically… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
My favorite quote: The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively:… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
The government tells us we need flood control and comes to straighten the creek in our pasture. The engineer on the job… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
This song of the waters is audible to every ear, but there is other music in these hills, by no means audible… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
The worthiness of any cause is not measured by its clean record, but by its readiness to see the blots when they are pointed… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
Is it possible to preserve the element of Unknown Places in our national life? Is it practicable to do so, without undue loss in… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
Teach the student to see the land, understand what he sees, and enjoy what he understands. — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
Wildflower corners are easy to maintain, but once gone, they are hard to rebuild. — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
He who searches for spring with his knees in the mud finds it, in abundance. — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
Nonconformity is the highest evolutionary attainment of social animals. — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
If education really educates, there will, in time, be more and more citizens who understand that relics of the old West add meaning and… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
This song of the waters is audible to every ear, but there is other music in these hills, by no means audible to all....… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
To those who know the speech of hills and rivers straightening a stream is like shipping vagrants—a very successful method of passing trouble from… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice or liberty for people. In these higher aspirations, the… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
