Ein Jahr im Sand County

The almanac of the pioneer of ecological thinking, now fully translated for the first time and supplemented with the most important essays, is among the most influential writings on the consequences of human intervention in the complex interplay of wilderness. When the largest drought in the Great Plains in the 1930s fails to lead to a change in thinking in the USA, Aldo Leopold travels to Germany to seek inspiration for sustainable forestry in the land of his ancestors. Enthused by the ideas developed there, such as the concept of the permanent forest, he attempts to implement them upon his return and begins the renaturation of the land surrounding an abandoned farm with depleted soil along the Wisconsin River in Sand County. His records of the changing landscape from month to month are followed by short prose texts he wrote during his over 40 years of research in the forests of Arizona, Oregon, and Manitoba. His still pressing philosophical questions regarding conservation conclude this unique and prophetic nature ethics of a visionary dedicated to the preservation of wilderness areas throughout his life.

The most significant book of the 20th century on the environment. - Nature Study.