by wilderness | Jan 29, 2014 | Aldo Leopold, history of wilderness, let's celebrate wilderness, Sand Country Almanac, The Wilderness Society, wilderness, Wilderness Act
Aldo Leopold was the first to use the word wilderness to describe the areas he wanted to be preserved in the National Forests. He worked in the Forest Service where he was tasked with killing predators hated by local ranchers. He came to respect these animals and...