Special Events at the Leopold Center
 Leopold Center Volunteer Day
Saturday, September 18th
9:00am - 1:30pm
Join us for our annual volunteer day and help with a work project to beautify the center! We’ll start at 9am with welcome and introduction, working from about 9:15 to 11:30, then break for lunch (provided) and listen to a speaker. Feel free to stay for complimentary afternoon guided tours of the Shack and Leopold Center. No registration needed. Bring the family! Free and open to the public.
 Leopold Center Art Discovery Day
Saturday, October 30th
9:30am - 4:30pm
Help us wrap up our visitation season by joining us for our third annual Art Day! This year, we will invite eight new local and regional artists to participate in the annual art day event. Come to the Leopold Center for a free day featuring presentations, demonstrations, and time for individual interaction with each artist. We hope their work will inspire people to think more critically their connection to the natural world. Free and open to the public.
Special Events in Other Places
Wisconsin Book Festival (Madison)
Sept. 29-Oct. 3
Each year the Wisconsin Book Festival brings great writers to Madison for readings and talks. For the past four years, we’ve partnered with the Wisconsin Humanities Council to attract and highlight writers who focus on our relationship to the land. In the past, the Aldo Leopold Foundation has helped to bring Wendell Berry, David Orr, Terry Tempest Williams, Rick Bass, and Andy Revkin to the festival. This year’s speakers will be announced on wisconsinbookfestival.org when the line-up is confirmed!
Brown Bag Seminars
Thoughout the year, ALF will offer periodic brownbag seminars from 12-1:30pm on weekdays. Brown Bags will cover a variety of conservation-related topics, taking advantage of scholars who are in the area or timely events. Brown Bag seminars will be advertised in our local area, and will also be posted here as they are scheduled. Bring a lunch and join us for a lively discussion!
John Muir the Joyful Conservationist/Writer
Thursday, July 8th, 12:00-1:30pm
With Amy Lou Jenkins
Explore the development of the conservation ethics of John Muir from boyhood to old age; from farmer to political activist; from cultural hermit to acclaimed writer, from machinist to naturalist. His brand of environmentalism stands in concert with Aldo Leopold. Muir had little formal education in literature, but he was a student of writing, drawn especially to the discussions of Transcendentalism, where God was found each individual and in nature. His writing talents continued to develop as he wrote journal entries and letters, still unaware that he was writing books along the way. Muir was not a wanderer his entire life. He made accommodations because he also sought company and relationships. His writing, while out of style to the mind of those who favor more cynical works, never the less inspired a nation to value wilderness. Amy Lou will also read selections related to Muir and Leopold from her new book, Every Natural Fact: Five Seasons of Open-Air Parenting. Bring a bag lunch along and enjoy the 1 hour presentation followed by questions and discussion. This program is free and open to the public. Amy Lou Jenkins is the author of Every Natural Fact and has taught writing at Carroll University and at writing seminars and workshops. She's an active author and freelance writer specializing in articles and essays related to the environment, parenting, and health. She holds a BSN from Alverno College and an MFA in literature and writing from Bennington College.
CANCELED: A Land Ethic in Modern China
Friday, July 16
Unfortunately due to a travel conflict, we have had to cancel this seminar. We hope to welcome Shen Hou to the Leopold Center at another time! Shen Hou, a professor of environmental history at Tsinghua University in Beijing. Shen’s mother, Wenwei Hou, first introduced China to Aldo Leopold through her lyrical translation of A Sand County Almanac.
Volunteer Events
 Come Garden With Us!
Wednesday, July 14
Wednesday, August 11
Wednesday, September 8
Are you looking to get outside this summer and learn about prairie plants? We welcome volunteers who would like to come work with ALF’s Stewardship Crew in the native plant gardens around the Leopold Center on the second Wednesday of each month May through September. The crew will work on a variety of tasks from weeding to seed collecting from 8:30-10:30 a.m. Visit with the crew and learn all about the various native plants around the center as you work. Please put these dates on your calendar: May 12nd, June 9th, July 14th, August 11th, and September 8th. Coffee, a morning snack, and garden tools will be provided. Please bring your own gloves. No need to RSVP, but please contact Carson Main if you have questions.
Leopold Center Volunteer Day
Saturday, September 18th
9:00am - 1:30pm
Join us for our annual volunteer day and help with a work project to beautify the center! We’ll start at 9am with welcome and introduction, working from about 9:15 to 11:30, then break for lunch (provided) and listen to a speaker. Feel free to stay for complimentary afternoon guided tours of the Shack and Leopold Center. No registration needed. Bring the family! Free and open to the public.
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