We stand guard over works of art, but species representing the work of aeons are stolen from under our noses
Aldo LeopoldThe rich diversity of the world's cultures reflects a corresponding diversity in the wilds that gave them birth.
Aldo LeopoldConservation will ultimately boil down to rewarding the private landowner who conserves the public interest.
Aldo LeopoldHarmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.
Aldo LeopoldCivilization has so cluttered this elemental man-earth relationship with gadgets and middlemen that awareness of it is growing dim. We fancy that industry supports us, forgetting what supports industry.
Aldo LeopoldConservationists have, I fear, adopted the pedagogical method of the prophets: we mutter darkly about impending doom if people don't mend their ways. The doom is impending, all right; no one can be an ecologist, even an amateur one, without seeing it. But do people mend their ways for fear of calamity? I doubt it. They are more likely to do it out of pure curiosity and interest.
Aldo Leopold