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07/08/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/08/2024 21:44

Aldo Leopold and a Sand County Almanac Talk at National Park

News Release Date:
August 7, 2024

INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: Join Aldo Leopold Foundation Director Buddy Huffaker for a talk at the Indiana Dunes Visitor Center on Monday August 26th, from 7:00 pm-8:00 pm, about Aldo Leopold's impact on the conservation movement. Leopold is mostly known as the author of the now classic A Sand County Almanac. Celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2024, This book serves as one of the foundational texts for anyone that cares about people and places. But becoming a classic doesn't happen overnight, it requires great writing, and often a few twists of fate. Buddy will provide a quick biographical sketch of Aldo Leopold and then focus on the people and events that have kept A Sand County Almanac and the call for a Land Ethic as relevant as ever.
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 GreenFire, and supporting ten different foreign translations of A Sand County Almanac. For a full biographical profile of Leopold, watch for free at the Aldo Leopold Foundation website.
The Indiana Dunes Visitor Center is located at 1215 N. State Road 49, Porter, Indiana. For more information on this or other programs at Indiana Dunes National Park, call 219-395-1882 or visit our website at www.nps.gov/indu and our Facebook page.

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The Indiana Dunes National Park is one of more than 400 units of the National Park System ranging from Yellowstone to the Statue of Liberty. Located in Northwest Indiana, the park includes 15 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline and 15,000 acres of biodiverse beaches, woods, prairies, and marshes. Over 3 million visitors come to the Indiana Dunes each year.