Aldo Leopold Symposium, Round Table 2: Leopold's Legacy in Natural Resource Management Aldo Leopold

Round Table 2: Leopold's Legacy in Natural Resource Management. Moderated by Oswald Schmitz, Professor of Population and Community Ecology, Yale FES. Discussants: Harry Bader, Michael Bean, Pat Leavenworth, Zygmunt Plater, and Courtney White.

The Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies hosted a Symposium on April 3rd, 2009 honoring Aldo Leopold’s Graduation Centennial from the school and his acclaimed contributions to environmental conservation. Leopold became a leading and radical voice in American conservation, launching his land ethic in his celebrated book, A Sand County Almanac. The day-long symposium appraised Leopold’s legacy and examined how his land ethic might be reformulated for the global environmental and social challenges of the 21st century. This is Round Table II of the gathering, on Leopold’s legacy-actual and potential-in natural resource management. Gus Speth, retiring Dean, introduced the moderator, Os Schmitz, a Professor of Population and Community Ecology at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. The discussants were: Harry Bader, a private consultant and former federal lands manager; Michael Bean, a senior attorney with Environmental Defense; Pat Leavenworth, the State Conservationist for Wisconsin; Zygmunt Plater, Professor of Law at Boston College School of Law; and Courtney White, Executive Director of the Quivira Coalition in New Mexico.