Comments on: Thoughts on “Thinking Like a Mountain”

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:22:23 +0000

If you enjoy Aldo Leopold, read something by E.(Edward) O. Wilson!! I have read his book “Natualist”, and “The Creation.” BOTH were great! “Naturalist” is his biography and “The Creation” is his book written to a pastor on changes to the planet and trying to save species diversity. He is much easier to read than Leopold.
E.O. Wilson is a Harvard professor that studied ants and other insects. (He was at Harvard when watson and crick “discovered” the double helix structure of DNA.) The man is very smart, but he is an excellent teacher. He is much easier to read than Leopold. I read “A Sand County Almanac”, which is good, but I wasn’t as fond of how it flowed. I do plan to read some of his other work.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:05:46 +0000

Actually, Tom, that is Fred Leupold of Leupold & Stevens, Inc., "the only significant, American-owned and -operated optics company." You can read about him here: 100 Years of Leupold History An outdoorsman all the same, but in a different branch of the business. His legacy rides atop nearly every one of my rifles, only moments of weakness allowed me to stray a time or two....

By: Wayne

Wayne — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:55:03 +0000

You know, Kristine, I was thinking the same thing as I was researching Leopold’s work. Over two million copies of A Sand County Almanac have been printed over the years and it’s been translated into nine languages! I need to get my hands on a copy….

By: Tom Sorenson

Tom Sorenson — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:18:50 +0000

Is this the same man whose name is attached to the hunting scopes? Regardless, the man had a vision that many people, including myself, would do well to regain.

By: Kristine Shreve

Kristine Shreve — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:20:00 +0000

The name Aldo Leopold rings a vague bell, but I don’t know much about him. Sounds like I should read more of his work.