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Article: A man for all time; Fifty years ago, famed conservationist Aldo Leopold died while fighting a brush fire. Now wildlife and environmental groups hope to honor Leopold's memory by instilling in Americans the "land ethic" he developed.(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- April 5, 1998
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Question: Who is a conservationist?
You? Me?
Measured against the standard set earlier this century by Aldo Leopold, we all fall short.
Fifty years ago on April 21 - Earth Day this year - Aldo Leopold died of a heart attack at age 61 while fighting a brush fire that threatened his famed "shack" near Baraboo, Wis.
The next day, upon hearing the news, waterfowl researcher Albert Hochbaum penned this eulogy to Leopold, who is widely known as the father of American conservation:
"We now know what history will record: Aldo Leopold was a Great American. Few men loved the land so deeply as he loved America; few who have loved the ...