Aldo Leopold Biography, Age, Weight, Height, Friend, Like, Affairs, Favourite, Birthdate & Other

Aldo Leopold was a well known ecologist, forester, environmentalist, scientist and a well-known American author. Besides teaching at the University of Wisconsin, he also authored A Sand County Almanac . With this book, he introduced his opinion on land ethic, his innovative ideas about the preservation of land. It was Aldo who, for the first time, used the term wilderness to describe wildlife preservation. He played a crucial role in the development of Gila Wilderness, the first national wilderness area in the Forest Service system.

He was the co-founder of the Wilderness Society and Wildlife Society. Possessing great expertise on wildlife management, he campaigned for the scientific management of wildlife habitats by public as well as private landholders. Through his book Game Management, he discussed the necessary technique of managing and restoring wildlife population. Apart from that, he published more than 300 articles, papers and newsletters on scientific concepts and received wide recognition for his articles on wilderness.

His valuable suggestions regarding biodiversity and ecology had a great influence on the environmental movement. His new “ecological ethic” stressed the importance of predators in the balance of nature. It helped in the return of bears and mountain lions to New Mexico wilderness.