YODER FARMS, 2020 LEOPOLD CONSERVATION AWARD RECIPIENT * PHOTO: KARI ASBURY SAND COUNTY FOUNDATION INSPIRES AND EMPOWERS A GROWING Dear Friends NUMBER OF PRIVATE LANDOWNERS TO ETHICALLY MANAGE THE Resilience is front and center in the world of agriculture and conservation. American farmers, ranchers and forestland owners showed us in 2020 that NATURAL RESOURCES IN THEIR CARE, SO FUTURE GENERATIONS they represent the very definition of resilience. In the face of adversity, they HAVE CLEAN AND ABUNDANT WATER, HEALTHY SOIL TO SUPPORT not only continued to grow food and fiber; they found new ways to improve water quality, soil health and wildlife habitat for the benefit of all of us. OUR GROWING FOOD DEMANDS, PLENTIFUL HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE Lynne Sherrod Resilience took on new meaning for Sand County Foundation in 2020. As a Chairman AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUTDOOR RECREATION. growing organization with an expanding body of work, we achieved great Sand County Foundation things while overcoming the challenges of COVID-19 and the loss of our beloved founder, Reed Coleman.

Thanks to you, our team discovered new ways to engage landowners in conservation-minded land management. Our on-the-ground research expanded while our outreach and network of partners grew. We also added impressive new talent to our staff.

2020 presented obstacles and unexpected opportunities to advance Kevin McAleese conservation on working land. We couldn’t have done it without your support. President and CEO Thank you! Sand County Foundation

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Farmers and ranchers need reliable information about rotational A pandemic couldn’t stop our pollinator habitat grant grazing their livestock on cover crops. Sand County Foundation program. Despite virtual classrooms, we supplied agriculture and science teachers in three states with native wildflower is researching the economic and environmental benefits of this seedlings, a training webinar and $1,000 grants to engage conservation practice. This work with experienced graziers in an students in establishing habitat on local farmland for insect pollinators and imperiled monarch butterflies. environmentally-sensitive region is made possible thanks to a Our innovative work in the community of Grafton shows how North Central Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education municipalities and farmers within a shared watershed can use conservation practices to protect water quality while grant. The case studies we produce will help reduce the trial and reducing infrastructure costs. Last year these efforts error of this conservation practice for farmers and ranchers across saved more than 1,000 pounds of phosphorus from entering the Milwaukee River. With renewed funding from the country. Fund for Lake Michigan in 2020, we will scale-up this effort to expand the benefits into more watersheds.

Our on-the-ground work with landowners is part of growing movement that shows how planting native grasses and wildflowers next to crop fields can reduce soil erosion, improve water quality and provide wildlife habitat. These prairie filter strips were the topic of our first-ever virtual field day in 2020.

Our Leadership for Midwestern Watersheds forum is an annual event for conservation professionals that promotes collaboration to scale-up project success and accelerate measurable water quality improvements. Our pivot to a virtual event was a success, with a record number of attendees tuning in to learn about effective communication in challenging times. We also surveyed more than 100 watershed project leaders to explore their professional development needs.

PHOTO: DARREN YANKE Farmers implement the most appropriate and cost-effective strategies for their farm.

The Department of Defense (DoD) manages some of the most valuable land in the U.S. for conservation biodiversity and fresh water. In the coming decades, it will need more land, air, and ocean

. f f o space to accommodate hypersonic weapons and other technological n Cities may avoid costly ru Less fertilizer and manure ce upgrades to their water advances. These changes will likely result in the DoD needing to du runoff enters rivers and re treatment plants thanks to s lakes in the watershed. manage, access, or put use restrictions on millions of additional acres ip farm conservation practices. tr s e Municipal payments i educe nitroge beyond the 27 million acres under its control today. Agriculture and r fers r n. i buf B rated go to farmers to find a Satu r uff P er conservation lands can make the best neighbors for Department of practical ways to strips reduce runoff. manage runoff. Defense activities, so there are many win-win outcomes possible in the future. The Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC), a fiscally sponsored program of Sand County Foundation, issued Water quality is recommendations for DoD that include making improvements to measured throughout Endangered Species Act policies that incentivize the military to restore the watershed. or enhance species in one area in exchange for flexibility in using other areas for more significant training. Another recommendation seeks expanded funding for a program DoD can use to protect farmland and rangeland from development. Visit sandcountyfoundation.org/ publications for the full report. Securing Urban/Rural Partnerships for Better Water Quality: We all want and need clean water, so Sand County Foundation and the Environmental Policy Working with partners and legislators, the EPIC team put together the first-ever Innovation Center are leading an effort to forge partnerships between municipalities in the Mississippi Comprehensive Conservation Finance Legislation in Maryland that will serve as a River Basin and the farmers in their watershed to improve water quality and save taxpayer dollars. model for other states. The bill, which has bi-partisan support, would make more Through specially-drafted agreements, these municipal/agricultural partnerships provide an avenue than a dozen changes in state programs leading to private investment in efforts for municipal water treatment plants to achieve their clean water discharge requirements by investing to improve water quality and address climate change and other issues. The in conservation practices on nearby farms. Thanks to these creative agreements, cities may be able legislation would make Maryland the first in the nation to define “blue to avoid making costly upgrades to their water treatment plants, and usually can achieve compliance infrastructure,” put environmental outcomes into state contracting, create a at less cost. The benefits are not just economic. Relationships form between urban and rural citizens; comprehensive approach to state procurement that pays for success, and build improved water quality helps many drinking water utilities; and farm conservation practices often the value of natural assets into local government balance sheets. improve wildlife habitat, reduce flooding and improve the farm’s bottom line. With funding from the Walton Family Foundation, we secured three such partnerships in Iowa in 2020, with many more on the horizon in other states in the region. Leopold Conservation Award Sand County Foundation launched the Leopold Conservation Award Program nearly 20 years ago in to recognize and celebrate landowners for their achievements in conservation success.

American Farmland Trust became our national sponsor, joining dozens of state-level partners and sponsors who present the award with us in a growing number of states.

In 2020, a diverse and inspiring group of award recipients joined an alumni network that recently grew to 150 strong. They include landowners who manage cranberry bogs in New England, milk cows in Pennsylvania, graze cattle on the Great Plains, and care for almond groves in .

The award expanded to New York in 2020, and we will welcome the first recipients from New Mexico and Maryland in 2021.

Underserved farmers and ranchers in the U.S. stand to gain from Sand County Foundation’s Land Ethic Mentorship Program launched this year. It links our READ AND WATCH tremendous network of Leopold Conservation Award alumni with historically the stories of each underserved farmers and ranchers including beginners, socially disadvantaged 2020 Leopold Conservation minorities, military veterans new to farming, and those with limited resources. Award recipient at sandcountyfoundation.org/LCA20 Research shows these individuals often farm on environmentally-sensitive land. Being connected with mentors to offer advice on conservation practices and programs can build confidence that benefits their business and the landscape. ENGAGEEENGAGEDN D SSTTUDENTSTUDENTSU IN HANDS-ONHANDS-ON PPOLLINAOLLINATTOOR 150 HABIHABITATTAT PPLANTINLANTING.G.

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LEADERSHIPLEADERSHIP FFOROR MIDMIDWESWESTERNTERN MOREMORE THTHANAN DIVERSE PARTNERSARTNERS ANDAND SPONSORSSPONSORS MADE THETHE LEOPOLDLEOPOLD COONSERNSERVATTIONION WWAATERTERSHEDSHEDS LEOPOLDLEOPOLD COCONSENSERRVVAATTIIONON AAWWAARDRD RRECIPIENTECIPIENTS NNOOW MAMANANAGGEE 200 AWAWAARDRD PROGRPROGRAM PPOSSIBLEOSSIBLE IINN FORUM OVER 3 MILLION ACRES THANK YOU TO OUR 2020 DONORS AND PARTNERS! Cow Chip Ranch Janet & John Green Cattlemen’s Association Donors support Sand County Foundation’s work to advance voluntary conservation on private CropLife America Janice Grutzner Kentucky Corn Growers Association Helen & Lewis Crouch Dayle Keitel-Haglund & Brent Haglund Kentucky Department of Agriculture land and find solutions to some of the most pressing environmental issues we face. We gratefully Culver’s Kurt Haglund Kentucky Dept. of Fish & acknowledge those who generously donated in 2020 and those who have continually supported Amy & Jay Czarapata Sarah Hamer Wildlife Resources us over the years. Dairy Farmers of Alan Haney Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation Dairyland Power Cooperative Bryan Hanson Kentucky Pork Producers Daybreak Ranch Jonathon Haufler, Ph.D. Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board AgriBusiness Association of Kentucky Belle Fourche River Laurel Campbell & Scott Dahlberg Jeanne & Duane Dederich George Hawkins Kentucky State University Watershed Partnership Greg Alexander Cargill Nancy & Marc DeLong Suzanne & Tom Hefty Kentucky Tree Farm Committee Benevity Helen Alexander Clare & Matthew Carlson Delta Waterfowl Hinrichs Foundation Kentucky Woodland Owners Foundation Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Mike Bleech Susan & Stephen Carpenter Diane Derouen & Glenn Chambliss Holistic Management International Pamela & Jeffrey Kochel Alliance for the Future of Anne Bolz Kim & Dick Cates Jean & Harvey Dooge Hull Forestlands LP Kollath & Associates Agriculture in James C. Boyce, Jr. Jan & William Cato Gina Droessler Ann & David Ingram Kopriva Angus LLC of Raymond, Cheryl & Donovan Alves Brenda & Donald Boydston Center for Growth and Opportunity Ducks Unlimited, Inc. Iowa Soybean Association Amazon Smile Foundation Bradley Impact Fund Chesapeake Conservancy Gregory Lang Andrew M. Duda Iowa State University American AgCredit Dorothy Bradley Chicago Capital LLC Amanda & Casey Langan John P. Duncan Linda Irving American Farmland Trust Abby & Mike Brand Phyllis Lucas & Odin Christensen Myrna & David K. Langford Ecosystem Services Market ITC Great Plains Hannah Anderson George Brown Mary Cole-Laub & John Laub Constance R Coleman Consortium (ESMC) Rebecca & Dean Jackson APEX Clean Energy Nancy & James Bruins Stephanie Lauth Ann & Reed Coleman Signe & Gerald Emmerich Bruce Jacobs Steven Apfelbaum Darla & Homer Buell David Liebl Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Emmons County Soil Conservation District Susan & Thomas Jarona Association of Missouri Tina Buford Land Trust Jen Livsey Enel Green Power John J. Frautschi Family Foundation Electric Cooperatives BuhlerPrince Inc. Colorado Cattlemen’s Association B. Murray Lloyd Daniel Engstrom & Barbara Coffin Dolores C. Johnson Audubon Dakota Ingrid C. Burke Colorado State University Extension Madison Kipp Corporation Environmental Consulting & Technology Jean & Scott Johnson Audubon Nebraska Burleigh County Soil Compeer Financial Norma & John Magnuson Environmental Incentives Tom Johnson Bad River Ranches Conservation District ConocoPhillips Toni & Dave Mathis EPRI Elizabeth Jones Basin Electric Power Cooperative Sue & Tom Bush Jennifer & Kevin Conrad Mazarine Ventures Evergy Association of Ramona & Lee Bass Thomas Caldwell Conservation Technology Tricia Wheeler & Kevin McAleese Farm Credit Conservation Districts Kenneth L Bates California Farm Bureau Federation Information Center Debra & Timothy McCue Farm Credit Associations of Kansas Kansas Dept. of Agriculture, S.D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation California LCA Recipient Alumni Cornell Cooperative Extension Division of Conservation McDonald’s USA Farm Credit East Mary Behm Amy & Gary Cammack Corteva Kansas Dept. of Wildlife, McKnight Foundation Farm Credit Mid-America Parks and Tourism Craig McNamara Teresa & Ryan Fieldgrove Kansas Forest Service Mike McNerney First Dakota National Bank Kansas LCA Recipient Alumni MFA, Inc. Paul Francis Liina Keerd Kathleen Milbrath Fund for Lake Michigan Mike L. Keiser Millborn Seeds Deirdre Garton Laurie & Bill Keitel Matt Miller Bob Giacomini KEM Electric Milwaukee Metropolitan Deanna & John Gore Kentucky Agricultural Council Sewerage District Green Cover Seed Kentucky Association of Missouri Association of Soil & Green Lake Sanitary District Conservation Districts Water Districts Jill & Tim Sherry The Cynthia & George Mitchell Wildlands, Woodlands, Farmlands Missouri Cattlemen’s Association Nebraska Department of Agriculture Diane & Dave Olenchek Sibanye Stillwater Foundation & Communities Missouri Corn Merchandising Council Nebraska Environmental Trust Open Environmental Data Project Dale Sievert The Dixon Water Foundation Windward Fund Missouri Department of Conservation Nebraska Game and Parks Patrick & Sharon O’Toole Susan Silha The Harvey L. & Maud C. Wisconsin Corn Growers Association Missouri Farmers Care Foundation Nelnet Foundation Ozaukee County, Wisconsin Alice Sittler Sorensen Foundation Wisconsin Corn Promotion Board Missouri Soil & Water New England Forestry Foundation Laurie & William Paulos Lisa Keitel & Eric Sjostrom The Heinz Endowments Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation Conservation Program New York State Agribusiness Association Pennsylvania Association of Slope Electric The Ida and Robert Gordon Wisconsin Land and Water Missouri Soybean Association Conservation Districts Family Foundation New York State Department of Society for Range Management Conservation Association Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture The Kresge Foundation Agriculture and Markets Soil and Water Conservation Society Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Montana Chapter, Soil and Water Martha & Joseph Nielsen Pennsylvania Farm Bureau The Lyle Sittler Memorial Fund Growers Association Conservation Society South Dakota Association of Noble Research Institute Sara & Craig Pereira Conservation Districts The Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation Woodtiger Fund Montana Chapter, The Wildlife Society North Central Region Water Network Perkins Coie LLP South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association The Nature Conservancy World Wildlife Fund - Northern Montana Department of Agriculture Great Plains Program Association of Terry Peters South Dakota Department of Agriculture The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Montana Department of Natural Conservation Districts Pheasants Forever, Inc. Dianne Thompson Yale School of the Environment Resources & Conservation South Dakota Department of North Dakota Chapter, The Pisces Foundation Environmental & Natural Resources David B. Thompson, Jr. YourCause LLC Montana Farm Bureau Federation Wildlife Society Producers Livestock Marketing South Dakota Department of Game, Marcus Trapp Tom Zale Montana Grazing Lands North Dakota Game & Fish Department Association Fish & Parks Janis Zimmerman Conservation Initiative Tri-State Generation and North Dakota Grazing Lands Coalition Rainwater Basin Joint Venture South Dakota Farm Bureau Federation Transmission Association Montana Office of the Governor North Dakota Natural Resources Trust Ranchers Stewardship Alliance South Dakota Grasslands Coalition The Trust for Public Land Montana Rangeland Ranchland Trust of Kansas Resources Committee North Dakota Stockmen’s Association South Dakota Soil Health Coalition U.S. Department of Defense Redman Realty Group Mark & Dina Moore Northwest Farm Credit Services South Dakota Soybean Association U.S. Endowment for Forestry Lee A Riordan and Communities Mor-Gran-Sou Electric Cooperative Scott O’Brien South Dakota State University Robert Wood Johnson Foundation U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Debra & Todd Mortenson Association of Phyllis & Peter Sprecher Conservation Districts Alice & Harvey Rottier United Soybean Board Catherine & Birch Mullins Spring Point Partners LLC Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association Roughrider Electric Cooperative University of Illinois Jodelle & Joel Myrold Alli & Kartik Sribarra Oklahoma Conservation Commission Sandhills Task Force Association of Conservation Districts Michael Nadler Stanko Ranch Sauk Soil & Water Improvement Group Utah Cattlemen’s Association Natural Resources Conservation Service Oklahoma Farm Bureau Foundation Emily Stanley for Agriculture Chris Schellpfeffer Utah Department of Agriculture and Food Natural Resources Foundation of Starion Bank Wisconsin, Inc. Oklahoma State University Lynne Sherrod Peter Stent Utah Farm Bureau Federation Susan L. Stout Utah Wool Growers Association Kelly Stowell Nancy Vedder-Shults Sustainable Agriculture Research Village of Grafton & Education Wagner Land & Livestock Sustainable Conservation Willard T. Walker Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC Walton Family Foundation Sand County Foundation is a Gold Level Suzie Paris & Richard Taylor Jackie Erickson & Ed Warner GuideStar participant. This means TD Ameritrade Clearing We Energies Foundation we are committed to demonstrating Stanley Temple Western AgCredit transparency and accountability to our Colleen Terbilcox Robert Westervelt donors. View Sand County Foundation’s A&M University Bill White profile on GuideStar’s website to find Texas Parks & Wildlife Whole Foods details about our financials, program The Bird Conservancy of the Rockies Wilburforce Foundation activities and impact. “Our family created the

Foundation Staff Sridhar Vedachalam, Ph.D. Haglund Ecology Fund to honor Director of Water - Environmental Policy Innovation David Bailey Center the life’s work of Brent Haglund, Western Director - Leopold Conservation Award Katie Ziemer Maureen Cunningham Soil Conservationist and engage teachers, students Deputy Director of Water - Environmental Policy Innovation Center and other young leaders in K. Bartlett Durand, Jr., Esq. Board of Directors Sand County Foundation’s longtime President, Brent Director - Water Quality Partnerships CHAIRMAN Haglund, who serves on our board of directors and environmental stewardship.” Craig Ficenec Lynne Sherrod chairs the science advisory committee, has always had Owner - Rocking U7 Ranch Colorado Program Director an uncanny ability to inspire landowners to become – BRENDA (HAGLUND) CHRISTENSEN VICE-CHAIR/SECRETARY Katy Hansen better land stewards. His dedication to science-based Senior Advisor for Water - Environmental Policy David Hanson Innovation Center Attorney - Michael Best & Friedrich, Wisconsin approaches to environmental improvement grew Sand Phoebe Higgins TREASURER County Foundation’s impact nationally and abroad. Director of Markets - Environmental Policy Innovation Homer Buell Center Owner - Shovel Dot Ranch, Nebraska To know Brent is to know that his interest in the natural Lance Irving Tina Buford world and his dedication to a land ethic began at a very Owner - H. Yturria Ranch, Texas National Director - Leopold Conservation Award young age. He believes conservation and environmental Liina Keerd Dick Cates, Ph.D. improvement don’t need to be complicated or expensive, Program Assistant Owner - Cates Family Farm, Wisconsin and that such work should be within every citizen’s reach, Casey Langan Kevin Conrad Communications Director Entrepreneur and Conservationist, New York especially young people. Nancy DeLong Ya-Wei (Jake) Li The Haglund Ecology Fund, established in 2020 by Brent’s Director of Biodiversity - Environmental Policy Agriculture Sustainability Consultant, Iowa Innovation Center John P. C. Duncan siblings, will provide grants to motivate and empower land Timothy Male, Ph.D. Attorney - Kozusko Harris Duncan, Illinois stewards, environmental educators and young people Executive Director - Environmental Policy Innovation Brent Haglund, Ph.D. across the U.S. Center Chief Scientific Officer - Sand County Foundation, Kevin McAleese Wisconsin President and CEO Stanley Temple, Ph.D. Greg Olson Professor Emeritus - UW-Madison, Wisconsin Visit sandcountyfoundation.org/donate Field Projects Director Ed Warner Holly Perrotti Geologist and Philanthropist, Colorado to make a special gift in recognition of Brent’s Director of Operations Thomas Zale ongoing dedication to advancing science-based Heidi Peterson, Ph.D. Vice President - Real Estate - Northwestern Mutual, conservation approaches. Vice President - Agricultural Research and Conservation Wisconsin Christina Schellpfeffer DIRECTOR EMERITUS Vice President - External Relations Indy Burke, Ph.D. Dean - Yale School of the Environment, Connecticut Sand County Foundation’s work to inspire more farmers, Financial Responsibility ranchers and forestland owners to embrace conservation Assets ASSETS practices is more important than ever as an estimated Cash 416,257 Promises to Give 620,359 two-thirds of American farmland will change hands in Accounts Receivable 97,598 Prepaid Expenses 33,812 the coming decades. Your support, including special Long-term Investments 11,090,172 Property & Equipment - Net 4,858 gifts to our Campaign for Conservation, helps us build TOTAL ASSETS $12,263,056 our capacity to address critical environmental issues. Liabilities and Net Assets LIABILITIES sandcountyfoundation.org/donate Accounts Payable 63,207 Grants Payable 30,000 Other Liabilities 139,708 TOTAL LIABILITIES $232,915

NET ASSETS Without Donor Restrictions 7,900,325 Temporarily Restricted Net Assets 4,129,816 TOTAL NET ASSETS $12,030,141

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $12,263,056

Sand County Foundation has always been committed to full financial transparency. The Foundation is classified as a 501(c) (3) Public Charity under IRS code. The report of an independent auditor, 2020 audited financial statements and our 2020 tax return are available at sandcountyfoundation.org

Sand County Foundation has an operating budget of approximately $3 million. Our board-designated investments are valued at approximately $11 million. Within our net assets are various funds we use to fund operations, invest in high-impact conservation partnerships, and expand outreach. neighboring landowners to protect the Shack area from In Memoriam: Reed Coleman development. There was no roadmap to follow to execute such an agreement, no existing land trusts with comparable voluntary Reed Coleman, Sand County Foundation’s As Reed explained it, “You pick a birch tree agreements to emulate. But in the end, all of the neighboring Founder and Chairman Emeritus, was born of a certain size and suppleness, and you landowners signed on to create what they called the Leopold in 1933 in Madison, Wisconsin, where he lived shimmy up it. Then you grab it with both Memorial Reserve – a pioneering venture in cooperative land most of his life. On many weekends during hands and you swing out. If you’ve made conservation that ultimately brought Sand County Foundation to life. elementary and high school, Reed joined a good decision it’ll gently drop you down his parents for the short trip north of Madison on to the ground, and then you can let go Reed’s skilled executive leadership ability, shrewd intellect, to their rural property near the banks of the and it’ll go back up. I hate to say it, but those unyielding commitment to sound principles, and sense of humor Wisconsin River. wonderful Leopold children used to stick me not only led Sand County Foundation through 50 years of improving on a stiff birch and leave me about 20 feet private land conservation across the U.S. and abroad, but it Reed’s father, Tom Coleman, a Madison off the ground.” made him a sought-after board member and volunteer leader of industrialist, was a dear friend of conservation many organizations. visionary Aldo Leopold. In fact, he asked A lifelong outdoorsman dedicated to Leopold’s wife, Estella, to be Reed’s Leopold’s idea of a land ethic, Reed He also volunteered his ingenious and creative spirit to benefit Godmother. Shortly after Aldo Leopold earned a degree in ecology at Northwestern numerous nonprofit and civic organizations. His commitment to purchased his now famous Shack property, University. He graduated in 1955, and went measurable philanthropy in general, and to his beloved Sand the Colemans became neighbors and on to serve in the United State Air Force as an County Foundation in particular, was unwavering but understated. partners in a land restoration effort. Tom intelligence officer. Reed remained active in Sand County Foundation decision- Coleman had the practical insight to link making, leadership and succession well into 2020. He died on parcels of land to enhance wildlife habitat. In 1964, when Reed’s father passed away, August 17, 2020. He and Leopold were hunting and fishing Reed replaced him at the helm of the family- buddies who passed down to their children owned business, Madison-Kipp Corporation. their love of the outdoors and interest in the At 31-years-old, with a growing family of his natural world. own, he became the third generation of the Coleman family to lead the enterprise, and Honor Reed and the Coleman Family’s conservation legacy In his later years, Reed fondly recalled time remained chairman of the board until 2016. by making a gift to the Coleman Family Fund. This special spent at the Shack with some of the Leopold fund supports high-impact, entrepreneurial approaches to children. After helping to plant trees as part of In the mid 1960s, about 15 years after the conservation on working land. the restoration of the once farmed but badly death of Aldo Leopold, floodplain lands close Visit sandcountyfoundation.org/donate depleted properties, they played a game in to the Leopold Shack were being subdivided. the woods that they called swinging birches. Reed secured voluntary agreements among “It is the individual farmer who must weave the greater part of the rug on which America stands.” -ALDO LEOPOLD

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