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Nov. 14:
Woodland School-Plant Communities |
Nov. 17:
Scott Russell Sanders at UW Arboretum |
Dec. 12:
Woodland School-Fire Behavior |
The Woodland School |
In the coming year, we are offering an array of Woodland School classes to advance your land stewardship practice, from the classics—chainsaw safety, prescribed fire—to new opportunities like birding the Leopold Memorial Reserve with experts. We hope you'll let one pique your curiosity and join us in the field! |
Support the Work of the Foundation |
Become a key partner in helping us spread the land ethic, advance the science of land health, preserve the Leopold shack and farm, and train new leaders for the future of conservation. Join today! |
Visiting the Leopold Center |
The Leopold Center is closed for the season. Visits from Nov.-Apr. are by appointment only. |
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Please Welcome the New Additions to our Board!
 We are delighted to welcome Tom Boldt as the new chair of the Aldo Leopold Foundation Board of Directors. Boldt’s involvement with the foundation began when his company, Oscar J. Boldt Construction, became the general contractor for the construction of the Aldo Leopold Legacy Center, the foundation’s green headquarters, completed in April 2007. Boldt’s personal interest in the foundation continued, and he joined the Board of Directors in September 2007. He succeeds Susan Flader, professor emerita at the University of Missouri—Columbia, as board chair. Thank you, Susan, for your many years of exquisite service to the foundation!
We would also like to welcome two new Board members: Tony Anella, an architect from New Mexico, has been instrumental in creating the year-long Leopold Centennial Celebration in the Southwest; and George Nolte, president of a California-based engineering company, is an avid outdoorsman and also served on the board of the Delta Waterfowl Association, a waterfowl conservation organization that Aldo Leopold helped found in the 1930s.
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Scott Russell Sanders to lecture on Leopold
Scott Russell Sanders is coming to Madison on Tuesday, Nov. 17 as part of the Gaylord Nelson Lecture Series. He will speak at the UW Arboretum on "Speaking for the Land: Aldo Leopold as a Writer." A Distinguished Professor of English emeritus at Indiana University, Sanders has written more than twenty books including novels, collections of stories, and works of personal nonfiction, including Staying Put, Writing from the Center, and Hunting for Hope. His latest books are A Private History of Awe, a coming-of-age memoir, love story, and spiritual testament, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and A Conservationist Manifesto, his vision of a shift from a culture of consumption to a culture of caretaking. His lecture will begin at 7pm, see the Nelson Institute for more details and directions.
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Second annual Art Day draws a crowd!
 On November 7, the Aldo Leopold Foundation welcomed nearly 250 people for Art Discovery Day 2009. Artists and artisans gave presentations about their own craft, inspiration, and connection to the land. They also chatted with visitors throughout the day at their individual tables scattered throughout the Leopold Center. It was a wonderful day to explore the connection between people and the natural world through art! View photos of the day on our website or on our Facebook page. If you didn't get a chance to join us this year, we hope to hold the event again next year at around the same time of year.Read more about art day.
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 My Healthy Woods Handbook for Arkansas
We are very excited to announce that we have completed our second My Healthy Woods handbook, this time exploring management strategies for the forest ecosystems of southern Arkansas. The handbooks are part of a collaborative project between ALF and the American Forest Foundation to engage new landowners across the country in sustainable forest management. You can look at sample pages (PDF) from the new Arkansas handbook or order one online.
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 Leopold Center Featured in Architecture Webcast
ALF Executive Director Buddy Huffaker and Leopold Center architect Tom Kubala (The Kubala Washatko Architects) will speak about the carbon-neutral design of the Leopold Center in a Carbon Neutral Architecture Webcast next week. The webcast will be continuing education for architects and design professionals around the country. In addition to the Leopold Center, it will feature representatives from two other carbon neutral projects in various stages of design and construction. The session will be moderated by The New York Times Architecture Critic Nicolai Ouroussoff. If you are interested in attending, registration is still open.
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 Leopold Center Appears in Al Gore Book
The green construction of the Leopold Center gets a nod in Al Gore's brand new book, Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis. A picture of the center appears in the chapter titled "Less is More" to exemplify energy efficiency. We have recently received word that the photo will also be used in Gore's slide show, shown to audiences around the world.
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2010 Phenology Calendars Now Available!
 Once again, we are delighted to bring you the Wisconsin Wildlife Phenology Calendar! It incorporates Aldo Leopold and Nina Leopold Bradley's average dates for phenological events in Wisconsin, pairing them with stunning wildlife photography. Order on our website today and get them in time for the holidays! Please allow several weeks for delivery. If you're a member we'll give you one free copy if you stop in and visit us (available after Nov. 20). Order now!
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Volunteer Profile: Christina Skasa
Christina began volunteering at the Foundation in August of 2009. She is employed at the University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County as a writing tutor and pursues freelance writing projects in her spare time. She has a special interest in science and nature writing, so the Leopold Foundation seemed like the perfect place to explore and practice that interest. As a volunteer, Christina works with Communications Coordinator Jeannine Richards on various projects for the Foundation, including writing newsletter articles for The Leopold Outlook, providing text for the phenology calendar, helping to edit the My Healthy Woods landowner handbook series, and exploring ways to make the digital Leopold Archives more accessible to users. Christina and her husband Mark live in Baraboo with their two cats, Betzko and Izzle.
Want to volunteer for the Foundation? If you have time you'd like to give on a regular basis, we have several ongoing projects you may be able to help with.Contact us at 608.355.0279 for more information.
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