Considered the prophet of the conservation movement and a pioneer whose A Sand County Almanac became its bible. His viewpoint is encapsulated in his land ethic, “that the concept of community be expanded to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or, collectively: the land.” As founding director of the University of Wisconsin Arboretum, he helped create the discipline of restoration ecology.

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