Posted on January 11, 2022
This is an update of my post published on January 11, 2011:
Sometimes someone comes along that makes such a contribution to a field that the person is called the mother or father of an entire science. Such is the case with Aldo Leopold, who was born in Iowa on this day in 1887.
Because of Leopold’s ideas about biodiversity – the benefit of having a wide range of plants, animals, and other organisms in an environment – and ecology – the interconnectedness of the living and nonliving portions of the environment – he is credited with being the Father of Wildlife Management.
Leopold became a professor at the University of Wisconsin and wrote a book called A Sand County Almanac, which has sold over two million copies, and he was influential in movements to conserve wilderness and develop environmental ethics.
Among other things, Leopold helped people rethink the role of large predators such as bears and wolves. He also helped found the Wilderness Society.
Learn more about Wildlife Management at the National Wildlife Federation website.
Also on this date:
Engineer and inventor Laurens Hammond’s birthday
Anniversary of the Grand Canyon becoming a National Monument
Hostos Day
Anniversary of the discovery of francium
International Thank You Day
National Unity Day in Nepal
National Milk Day
Anniversary of the Independence Manifesto in Morocco
(Used to be!) Republic Day in Albania
First Prime Minister’s Birthday in Canada
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