Calendar of Events

Aldo Leopold Weekend 2009

Mark your calendars! Leopold Weekend for 2009 is March 6th, 7th, and 8th in Wisconsin. Aldo Leopold Weekend is an annual community-based event sponsored by the Aldo Leopold Foundation in towns all over the country. It has its roots in groups coming together to read out loud from the conservation classic, A Sand County Almanac. Today, reading events continue, but have blossomed and expanded to include activities that involve a wide range of outdoor activities, lectures, workshops, and hands-on involvement. Aldo Leopold Weekend events are a great way for communities to come together and demonstrate their individual and combined commitment to Leopold’s Land Ethic. Events are celebrated all across the country at various times throughout the year. In Wisconsin, celebrations are held on the first weekend of March, to mark the anniversary of the writing of “Foreword” in A Sand County Almanac. Other states like Iowa, Arkansas, and New Mexico have also planned celebrations at different times throughout the year. Ohio even had an entire year of Aldo Leopold Weekend events, one every month between March 2007 and March of 2008. Planning for 2009 Aldo Leopold Weekend events is happening now! Check out last year’s listings to see if there is an event in your community you can plan to attend or help with, or check out our event planning resources and join our team of leaders that organize new events nationwide.

2009 Calendar of Events

Southwest Celebration of Leopold in 2009

In New Mexico and Arizona, we’re collaborating on a year-long series of events in 2009 to celebrate Leopold’s legacy in the southwest. The year marks the centennial of Leopold’s arrival in Springerville, Arizona—then 60 miles from the end of the railroad line—to join the ranks of the U.S. Forest Service. Networks are developing in communities across both states, and volunteers are welcome. Planning meetings have been held in Albuquerque, Flagstaff, Prescott, and Tucson.

Check out the Leopold Centennial website to learn more: www.leopoldcelebration.org

Aldo Leopold, the Southwest, and the Evolution of a Land Ethic for the Future: A Cultural Conversation

National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque
February 13-14, 2009

The colloquium, conceived as the opening event in the 2009 centennial celebration of Aldo Leopold's arrival in the Southwest, is intended to foster creative discussion in a multicultural context about the history and prospects for vibrant and healthy communities in the Southwest and globally, grounded in environmental sustainability and a land ethic. It will include discussion of the Southwestern roots of Aldo Leopold's land ethic, the roots of an environmental ethic in Hispanic and Native American traditions in the Southwest, and the connections among them historically and prospectively, locally and globally. Co-sponsored by the Aldo Leopold Foundation, the National Hispanic Cultural Center, the U.S. Forest Service, the University of New Mexico and other organizations, is open to the public, with invited scholars, community leaders, and participants from a wide range of cultural backgrounds.

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