Would I recommend A Sand County Almanac to someone I know? Depending upon who it was, I would definitely recommend this book. I think I would suggest this book for someone who enjoys the outdoors. But someone who does not appreciate the outdoors, in my opinion, would not get as much out of the book. The reason I would recommend this book is because I thought it did a splendid job describing the tinniest things and making them interesting. Who would have known that reading about chickadees feeding or describing a bur oak would be interesting to read? The first part of the book is broken down into months, while the final part really goes into Leopolds land ethics.Parts I and II of A Sand County Almanac are recounts of different episodes of Leopolds life. It is perhaps these recollections that were the inspiration for his land ethic theory. When Leopold is describing his life on his sand farm in Wisconsin, the reader seems to get the sense that even though a bigger and better society is passing before his eyes, he tries to go back to the way things were. According to Leopold, this is where one can still find the existence of God. Throughout Part II of the book, Leopold recollects some past situations that have taught him the problems arising in the world around us. What exactly is land ethics? According to Leopold, Land ethics expands the boundaries of ethics by including soils, waters, plants, and animals, (Leopold, page 239). However, a land ethic cannot prevent the alteration, management, and the use of the resources stated above. Basically, Leopold states that land ethics change the role that we humans play from that of a land-conqueror to that of a citizen and member. In class, we learned that land ethics imply respect for the surrounding community. We as humans are important, and thus, have more responsibility to protect the environment.Leopolds land pyramid describes the hierarchical dynamics of the biotic community...
