Curt Meine


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Curt Meine

Senior Leopold Fellow

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AlDO LEopold's BioGraphy

• LAnd, Conservation, and Public Policy

• EThics of Water


Dr. Curt Meine is a conservation biologist, environmental historian, and writer based in Sauk County, Wisconsin. He serves as a Senior Fellow with the Aldo Leopold Foundation and Center for Humans and Nature; as a Research Associate with the International Crane Foundation; and as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Over the last three decades he has worked with a wide array of organizations at the intersection of biodiversity 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) and The Driftless Reader (2017). 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.


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In-person presentations: $2,500 plus travel expenses, negotiable
Virtual presentations: $250-750, negotiable

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