2009 Leopold Weekend Events

Events in Wisconsin:

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Senator Kedzie Sponsors Poster Contest

As part of this year’s Aldo Leopold Weekend celebration, Senator Neal Kedzie sponsored a poster contest for all the fourth grade classes in his District. Each class read from and discussed portions of A Sand County Almanac and then created posters inspired by these readings. The winning submissions will have their artwork displayed in the Wisconsin State Capitol, and Senator Kedzie will personally visit the winning submissions classroom on Friday, March 6th to discuss Aldo Leopold.

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The winning submissions are:

1st: Zach Genrich from Rolling Hills Elementary in Mukwonago, WI

2nd: Cal Blachowski from Cushing Elementary in Delafield, WI    

3rd: Areli Hernandez from Turtle Creek Elementary Delavan, WI

Events in Other States:

Ames, Iowa

Ames Reads Leopold
Location: Ames Public Library, 5th and Douglas, Ames, IA
Event Date: March 7, 2009

Citizens in Ames, Iowa will join other communities in Wisconsin, Iowa, Ohio, North Carolina, and New Mexico in honoring the legacy of Aldo Leopold and his land ethic with the second annual reading of essays from A Sand County Almanac. The event is on Saturday, March 7, 2009 from 1 to 5 p.m. in the Farwell Brown Auditorium of the Ames Public Library, 515 Douglas Avenue. A diverse group of civic leaders, university faculty, students, and retirees will read passages from Leopold's writings, complimented with photos from the Leopold family archives, and images of nature and the land that Leopold loved.

The event is free and open to the public. Listeners will have an opportunity to ask questions and discuss the readings. Copies of A Sand County Almanac and Renewing the Countryside—Iowa will be given to members of the audience in a drawing, and refreshments will be served midway through the afternoon activities.

The event is sponsored by the Aldo Leopold Foundation and Leopold's Iowa namesake, the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University. Other sponsors are the Ames Public Library, ISU Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, ISU Wildlife, Forestry, and Fisheries Extension, the Big Bluestem chapter of the National Audubon Society, and the Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship of Ames.

For more information about the Ames event, contact Erv Klaas at (515-233-3327) or eklaas@iastate.edu, or the Leopold Center, Jeri Neal, (515) 294-5610, wink@iastate.edu, and Laura Miller, (515) 294-5272, lwmiller@iastate.edu.