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Making green great: ecological harmony at Aldo Leopold Legacy Center earns high marks.(Famous Properties)(Organization overview)

No one knows for certain if renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold knew the potential ecological harmony imminent in the dilapidated farmland he stumbled upon in Baraboo, Wis., in 1935. But, for just $8 an acre, Leopold purchased the land. He and his wife, Estella, and their five children, created a home away from home by tending a garden, cutting firewood and planting what eventually added up to 40,000 trees. The Leopold family transformed the terrain into a thriving landscape of conifers, hardwoods and prairie, as they planted the seeds of sustainable development.

Now, more than 70 years later, the land Leopold put on a pedestal is the foundation for a tribute to the ...

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