ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to examine Aldo Leopold's dissent and form tentative conclusions about a more environmentally sensitive approach to agricultural research based on his central insights. It examines Leopold's evolving attitude toward environmental management. Leopold mused on his journey from predator eradicator to land ethicist. Another metaphor also is implied: the journey Leopold took from a "game manager" to a predator protector represents a symbol of the journey our culture must take in articulating and embracing a land ethic. He proposed an integrated theory of environmental management. In 1920, Leopold traveled from Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he was the US Forest Service's director of operations for the Southwest Territories, to New York to attend the Sixth American Game Conference. In 1935, Leopold and five other US foresters were invited by the Schurz Foundation of Germany to visit Germany to inspect and discuss new developments in German forestry.
