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1 online resource (240) |
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Cover13; -- Contents13; -- Preface13; -- Prologue13; -- Land and the Seasons13; -- Winter Solstice13; -- Vernal Equinox13; -- Summer Solstice13; -- Autumnal Equinox13; -- Fabric of the Land 13; -- Sand 13; -- Ice13; -- Fire13; -- Water13; -- Roots and Seeds13; -- Phenology13; -- Culture of the Land13; -- Prairie Time13; -- From These Roots13; -- Epilogue Our Cosmic Relative13; -- Citizens of the Prairie and Savanna13; -- Golossarial Notes13; -- North American Geology13; -- Index13 |
| Summary |
In the rush of modern life, we measure our lives by the clock, the calendar, the timetable. But there are older rhythms in nature: the call of chickadees before the first hint of spring, the golden face of a compass plant in July, the first snowfall. These signs mark the passage of time in a world that Aldo Leopold knew well and eloquently described. With notebook and camera in hand, John and Beth Ross revisit the Aldo Leopold Memorial Reserve in south-central Wisconsin fifty years after Leopold's death. Thanks to the efforts of Leopold, his family, and the Leopold Foundation, this once-ruined farmland is now largely restored to a natural state. The Rosses explore the terrain of this sandy land, encounter its natural citizens, and relate life here to its physical underpinnings. Following Leopold's own practice of phenology, they note the seasonal changes: arrivals and departures of wild geese, the blossoming of the pasque flower at the edge of melting snow, the appearance of monarch butterflies on the milkweed. And further, they seek to find in this landscape an underlying morality, a communion of understanding, a sense of place in the cosmos. Beautifully illustrated with color photographs, the book also includes notes on the behavior, habitat, and human interactions with ninety-four species of plants, birds, and other animals found in the reserve. An extensive glossary explains terms from geology, ecology, meteorology, and related life and earth sciences. "Prairie Time is about relationships--among prairie and woodland, climate and weather, moraine and outwash, annual cycles and the chronology of natural events--and the human relation to the land."--Nina Leopold Bradley |
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Natural history -- Wisconsin -- Aldo Leopold Memorial Reserve
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Phenology -- Wisconsin -- Aldo Leopold Memorial Reserve
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Prairie ecology -- Wisconsin -- Aldo Leopold Memorial Reserve
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Natural history.
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Phenology.
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Prairie ecology.
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Wisconsin -- Aldo Leopold Memorial Reserve.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1282555308 |
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9781282555303 |
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