We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.

Quote by Aldo Leopold

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In June, as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single...

In June, as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single...

Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand...

Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand...

The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to...

The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to...

Mark this well, the laws of economics are the last thing the roads booster is...

Mark this well, the laws of economics are the last thing the roads booster is...

Examine each question in terms of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as...

Examine each question in terms of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as...

Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.

Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.

We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice...

We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice...

In June, as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single...

In June, as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single...

To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.

To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.

We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice...

We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice...

In June as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single...

In June as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single...

Is education possibly a process of trading awareness for things of lesser worth? The goose...

Is education possibly a process of trading awareness for things of lesser worth? The goose...

A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of...

A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of...

One swallow does not make a summer, but one skein of geese, cleaving the murk...

One swallow does not make a summer, but one skein of geese, cleaving the murk...

Recreational development is a job not of building roads into the lovely country, but of...

Recreational development is a job not of building roads into the lovely country, but of...

A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of...

A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of...

All conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and...

All conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and...

Nature is a petrified magic city.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

Nothing is evil which is according to nature.

Nothing is evil which is according to nature.

Painting is the grandchild of nature. It is related to God.

Painting is the grandchild of nature. It is related to God.

I would rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on...

I would rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on...