Rio Grande Valley Broadband • Entered by Susan Ostlie on April 29, 2023
Aldo Leopold Week 2023
March 3, 2023 – March 12, 2023
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | |
| Post Admin hours | |
| Activity Hours | 6 |
| Participants | 1 |
| Total Hours | 6 |
Key Issue: Multiple apply
Activity Type: Trainings (WALTS, CAREs/GLOWs, research, conferences, workshops, etc.)
Key Partners: Aldo Leopold Foundation
Short Description of Activity
3/3 – Poetry by Kim Blaeser, and ED Buddy Huffaker – Overview of the Foundation – 1 hour
3/7 – Creating an Inclusive Outdoors – James Edward Mills – Joy Trip Project – – 1 hour
3/7 – Earth Ethics with Scott Russell Sanders – Planet wide ecology – 1 hour
3/8 – Writing Wild – Delia Owens – Where the Crawdads Sing and a Sand County Almanac.Importance of nature writing. – 1 hour
3/9 – Robin Wall Kimmerer – Reciprocal Restoration – Healing Damage inflicted on the land. Integration of indigenous knowledge in restoration. – 1 hour
3/10 – Learning to live a Land Ethic with four 2022 Leopold Fellows. – 1 hour
Reflection/Evaluation
Listening to the poetry and the stories of the four Leopold Fellows was especially inspirational. However, all of the presentations were interesting and gave me ideas for renewing my commitment to advocating for the environment and the wild things that live on it.