A collection of previously unavailable essays by environmentalist Aldo Leopold, building on the tradition of ethical land use and developing the concept of "land health" and the practical measures landowners can take to sustain it.

This book presents the views of Aldo Leopold, author of the best-selling A Sand County Almanac and the most famous of 20th century American conservationists, on the topic of "land health, " which he defined as "the capacity for self-renewal in the biota." The focus in this volume is mostly on how to promote conservation on privately held lands, which constitute about two-thirds of the land in the United States.