For First Time, Trees Chopped in Leopold's Forest

“I have read many definitions of what is a conservationist, and written not a few myself, but I suspect that the best one is written not with a pen, but with an axe. It is a matter of what a man thinks about while deciding what to chop. “A conservationist is one who is humbly aware that with each strike he is writing his signature on the face of the land.” -Aldo Leopold, in his essay “Axe in Hand” This article was written by Tim Eisele for The Capital Times, January 11, 2006.

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