Whether you are new to A Sand County Almanac, or you have read it hundreds of times, bring your questions and reactions to a community book discussion of Aldo Leopold’s groundbreaking environmental classic. The conversation will be led by Buddy Huffaker, a 2023 Yampa Valley Crane Festival speaker and executive director of the Aldo Leopold Foundation. The discussion will follow the group’s interests across the book as a whole, but will also focus on a couple of sections to examine some of the deeper meaning and values in Leopold’s writing. 

For the purposes of this conversation, pay particular attention to the following sections: the Foreword, Marshland Elegy, Thinking Like a Mountain, and The Outlook. 

Read and discuss:

Borrow A Sand County Almanac from Bud Werner Library.
Buy a copy from Off the Beaten Path Bookstore.

About the moderator

Buddy Huffaker joined the Aldo Leopold Foundation in 1996 as a seasonal intern and has served as Executive Director since 1999.  During his tenure the foundation has grown the Leopold Community by protecting the Leopold Shack & Farm (the inspiration and setting for much of the classic A Sand County Almanac) as a National Historic Landmark, constructing the LEED Platinum Aldo Leopold Legacy Center out of trees planted by the Leopold family, producing the Emmy Award winning documentary Green Fire, and supporting ten different foreign translations of A Sand County Almanac. The foundation continues the Leopold family’s commitment to stewardship through the restoration and management of the 4,400 acre Leopold-Pines Conservation Area and by using this experience to inform and inspire other landowners to adopt and implement their own land ethic. Buddy has also served on state and federal advisory conservation committees and has participated in three White House Conferences on conservation and environmental education.