The University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning announces the second annual Aldo Leopold Lecture, Tuesday, March 9, at 6:30 p.m. in Northrop Hall room 122 on UNM's main campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.
The lecture, "Uncle Aldo: A Legacy of Learning About Learning," is presented by Santa Fe writer, instructor and conservationist Bill deBuys. Highly respected in land and water issues in New Mexico, deBuys is chair of the Board of Trustees of the Valles Caldera National Preserve. He also directs the Valle Grande Grass Bank initiative and has worked extensively for The Nature Conservancy and The Conservation Fund. He teaches at the College of Santa Fe in the Documentary Studies program.
He has authored several books including "Enchantment and Exploitation," about the Salton Sea, "River of Traps," about life in a northern New Mexican mountain valley, "Salt Dreams: Land and Water in Low-Down California" and his most recent, "Seeing Things Whole: The Essential John Wesley Powell."
Aldo Leopold (1887-1948), for whom the lecture is named, is considered the father of wildlife ecology. He was a renowned scientist and scholar, exceptional teacher, philosopher and gifted writer.
The New Mexico Trust for Public Land co-sponsors the lecture.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920
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