Game Management

by Aldo Leopold

With this book, published more than a half-century ago, Aldo Leopold created the discipline of wildlife management. Although A Sand Country Almanac is doubtless Leopold’s most popular book, Game Management may well be his most important. In this book he revolutionized the field of conservation.

Genres: Nature, Nonfiction, Science, Environment, Wildlife

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1939

About the author

A Sand County Almanac , published posthumously in 1949, of American writer and naturalist Aldo Leopold celebrates the beauty of the world and advocates the conscious protection of wild places.

His effect on resource management and policy lasted in the early to mid-twentieth century, and since his death, his influence continued to expand. Through his observation, experience, and reflection at his river farm in Wisconsin, he honed the concepts of land health and a land ethic that since his death ever influenced in the years. Despite more than five hundred articles and three books during the course of his geographically widespread career, time at his shack and farm in Wisconsin inspired most of the disarmingly simple essays that so many persons found so thought-provoking.

Life story of Aldo Leopold, the development of his career as a conservationist, scientist, and philosopher, and his open-mindedness, his vision, and the evolution of his thinking throughout his life inspire other persons to start or to further their own intellectual journey of discovery. A closer engagement with his story, his inspiration, and his family helps persons better to understand the contours of environmental history and the role in culture and to reflect on their own in the complex weave of the way in which our society relates to land. His vision of a society that cares about the connections between people and land provides a starting point for thinking about modern-day cultures, economies, ecosystems, and communities.

Starker Leopold, Luna Leopold, Nina Leopold, Carl Leopold, and Estella Leopold—children of Aldo—founded the Aldo Leopold foundation in 1982. People respected all members of the Leopold family as scientists and conservationists in their own right. They recognized the shack and farm as a focal point for legacy of their father for generations to come and for this primary reason established the foundation. This public charity owns and manages the Leopold center, including the Leopold shack and 264 surrounding acres in addition to several other parcels and also manages much of the adjoining 1,800-acre Leopold memorial reserve, which neighboring landowners established as an early trust in 1967. It acts as the executor of literary estate of Leopold, encourages scholarship on Leopold, and serves as a clearinghouse for information regarding Leopold, his work, and his ideas. It provides interpretive resources and tours for five thousand visitors annually, cooperates with partners on education and other programming off site, and maintains a robust website and numerous print resources. The Aldo Leopold foundation manages this Goodreads page.

Reviews

[Henry DeForest · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book in many ways feels akin to On the Origin of Species. It is a very large volume that fails to read easily, but the sheer scope of information is awesome in the traditional sense of the word. Just as with Origin, this book is of course not the most up to date information in the field, but it is really interesting to read as a foundational text. Additionally, it was made more palatable by interspersed lines that demonstrate Leopold's artful ability to turn a word. While vastly different from Sand County Almanac, this book is well-deserving of its place in Leopold's legacy.

[Ben Davis · Rating 4 out of 5]

I put this book down grateful for every creature we continue to live alongside and grateful for the beginnings of a land ethic forged by Leopold and those who followed in his footsteps.

[Aaron · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a very good book if you can get through it. It is really dense, and at times Leopold takes a while to get to the point he is making. But with all that, there are a lot of amazing ideas and thoughts here.

[Aaron · Rating 2 out of 5]

Significant as one of the first modern American wildlife management text. The language is a little antiquated. Note: a coney is a rabbit.

[Matthew Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

Leopold's writing is not for everyone, but if you appreciate a high-caliber mind and a deeply nuanced understanding of human interaction with a natural world, then his writing cannot be beat.

"Game Managment" is a technical work, in many ways not comparable with the more popular "Sand County Almanac." It's seminal in the field of wildlife, and is one of those works that has fundamentally shifted the scientific approach toward the natural world. Lovers of "Sand County" should not be discouraged, though. Despite the differences, you will still uncover some of those nuggets of profound insight, even wisdom, that make Aldo Leopold so beloved as a writer.

[Robert Senner · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is the origin and foundation of modern fish and wildlife management.

[Adrian Fanaca · Rating 2 out of 5]

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