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This year, 2019, marks the 70th anniversary of the publication of A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold's renowned and treasured conservation classic, which is very widely used in biology, ecology, and environmental science classes throughout the United States and globally. Leopold's premier biographer, Curt Meine, Senior Fellow at the Aldo Leopold Foundation, will appear at Le Moyne College to help celebrate and commemorate this seminal work.

Leopold challenged his readers to participate actively in the continuing evolution of an enduring land ethic. Yet, we find ourselves living now in a time of accelerating social and environmental change. Meine will explore how the land ethic is growing and changing to meet the challenges that we face heading into the uncertain future.

Meine is the author and editor of several books, including the biography Aldo Leopold: His Life and Work (reissued in a new edition in 2010), and Correction Lines: Essays on Land, Leopold, and Conservation (2004) . He also recently edited for the Library of America the definitive collection of Leopold’s writings, Aldo Leopold: A Sand County Almanac & Other Essays on Ecology and Conservation (2013). His work as an onscreen guide in the Emmy Award-winning documentary film,Green Fire (2011), has also received high praise. Copies of Meine's publications will be available for sale at the event.