Journey to Aldo Leopold Shack in Baraboo, Wisconsin
Society of Environmental Journalists sunset journey to "The Shack," the farm near the Wisconsin River close to Baraboo, Wisconsin where conservationist Aldo Leopold was inspired to write his book "A Sand County Almanac." Saturday October 10, 2009. --Dennis Dimick
The Aldo Leopold shack at dusk.
Interior and kerosene lamps preserved as during the time Leopold lived there until his death in 1948.
Sandhill cranes at dusk over Aldo Leopold shack.
Wisconsin River Near Aldo Leopold shack, early evening.
Aldo Leopold Shack early evening.
The Aldo Leopold Shack, Baraboo, Wisconsin. Leopold's book "A Sand County Almanac" took form here.
Tallgrass prairie south of road from the Shack to Leopold Center. It was along this route that Leopold last traveled when he went to fight a fire on an adjacent farm. It was on this neighboring farm that Leopold died of a heart attack, and is where the Leopold Center now stands.
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