Causes: Biological & Life Sciences, Environment, Environmental Education, Natural Resources Conservation & Protection

Mission: The aldo leopold foundation's mission is to weave a land ethic into the fabric of our society; to advance the understanding, stewardship and restoration of land health; and to cultivate leadership for conservation.

Programs: The aldo leopold foundation, inc. Owns and manages the leopold farm and shack, a national historic landmark, and the leopold center, a leed certified building, as models for sustainability in terms of ecological land management and green building. These assets support onsite programing for thousands of visitors from around the world each year. As the executor of leopold's literary estate, the foundation also helps promote awareness of leopold's writings and the interpretation of his legacy. Additional educational activities included the expansion of the land ethic leaders program which now has nearly 700 ambassadors for the land ethic spread across the country and on-site programming accommodating visitors from all over the world. Regionally, the driftless forest network, a collaboration in wisconsin that includes the aldo leopold foundation, has become a national model, and an award winning example for how to engage and sustain private landowner involvement in conservation. Both land ethic leaders and the driftless forest network will continue to be expanded and exported to other regions across the country.