A Sand County Almanac

In Part 3, Leopold describes the magic of “goose music.” Compare this sound to the music generated by humans and describe why each form of music is important to human society, according to Leopold.

In Part 1, Leopold writes that settlers in the 1840s inadvertently eliminated the natural presence of fire on the prairie. Describe how Leopold’s discussion of fire suppression illuminates the book’s theme of human interruption of natural processes, citing examples.

In Part 4, Leopold makes an argument against the democratization of outdoor pursuits. Discuss whether you support this argument, citing examples from the text.

In Part 1, Leopold asks whether education entails “trading awareness” for less worthy things. Describe how the process of formal scientific education serves to alienate people from the land, according to Leopold.

Leopold writes that the most significant scientific discovery of the 20th century is the discovery of how complex the “land organism” is. Describe how an appreciation of this complexity can inform conservation, citing examples from the text.

In A Sand County Almanac, Leopold describes various forms of outdoor recreation as “hunting.” Describe the different forms of hunting, and discuss which form is most conducive to conservation, according to Leopold.

Describe why economic value is an insufficient tool to ensure the conservation of nature, according to Leopold, citing examples from the text.

Describe what has been lost under the guise of progress, according to Leopold, drawing on three examples from the book.