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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.
Tune in to the Leopold Week 2024 Kick-Off Event to hear the Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, Randy Moore, give a special message about Aldo Leopold’s impact and his connection to the agency. View Now. Stay updated on upcoming programs and events at the Aldo Leopold Foundation. Browse our calendar, learn more, and register for events to ...
The shack I stand looking at on this cold winter day was once a run-down chicken coop on an abandoned farm on the Wisconsin River. But, in 1935, this place would become Aldo Leopold’s weekend family retreat, living laboratory and the site where he would write one of America’s most enduring environmental masterpieces, “A Sand County Almanac.”
Come hear the stories about the pioneering restoration work initiated by Leopold and his family, experience the inside of the Shack, and stroll through restored prairie and woods along the Wisconsin River. Public tours are offered on Saturdays at 10:00 May through October. Public tours last approximately two hours and are led by knowledgeable ...
Feb 19, 2024 · Leopold and his family initiated their own ecological restoration experiment in 1935 on a tattered farm along the Wisconsin River near Baraboo in Sauk County, which they dubbed “The Shack and Farm.”. The shack is a rebuilt chicken coop along that Wisconsin River that once served as a cherished retreat for the Leopold family.
The Shack, the old chicken coop that the Leopold family refurbished to serve as the farm’s homely residence, is the primary attraction at the National Historic Landmark site. Leopold’s confidence that a chicken coop could become a family retreat hints at his optimism, a quality much discussed in Green Fire , a recent documentary about ...
May 26, 2022 · One aspect of the work – digitization of Leopold's Shack journals – will allow the public to lend a hand. Huffacker said people are needed to read and transcribe Leopold's handwritten notes ...
