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The Aldo Leopold Shack and Farm is a historic farm on Levee Road in rural Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States.The property was acquired in the 1930s as a family summer retreat by the noted conservationist and writer Aldo Leopold and is the landscape that inspired his conservation ethic and the writing of his best-known work, A Sand County Almanac.
A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There is a 1949 non-fiction book by American ecologist, forester, and environmentalist Aldo Leopold.Describing the land around the author's home in Sauk County, Wisconsin, the collection of essays advocate Leopold's idea of a "land ethic", or a responsible relationship existing between people and the land they inhabit.
[39] The Aldo Leopold Foundation owns and manages the original Aldo Leopold Shack and Farm and 300 surrounding acres, in addition to several other parcels. Its headquarters is the green-built Leopold Center where it conducts educational and land stewardship programs.
The town is the location of the "sand farm" (Aldo Leopold Shack and Farm) purchased by Aldo Leopold in 1935. A family retreat from the city of Madison, Leopold's attempts to restore health to this abandoned farm, with the help of family and friends, became the inspiration for his masterpiece, "A Sand County Almanac." Leopold died near 'the ...
Aldo Leopold Shack. July 14, 1978 : Levee Rd. Baraboo vicinity: Former chicken coop where ...
Aldo Leopold Shack and Farm: Aldo Leopold Shack and Farm. January 16, 2009 : Fairfield Sauk: Farm associated with the writing of Sand County ...
Aldo Leopold Shack and Farm; Little White Schoolhouse; M. Man Mound; Milton House (Milton, Wisconsin) Milwaukee City Hall; N. Namur Historic District; North Hall ...
The Honey Creek Swiss Rural Historic District is a national historic district in rural Sauk County, Wisconsin.The district encompasses 46 farms over 12 square miles (31 km 2) which were settled by Swiss Americans in the 1840s and 1850s.