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media release: UW–Madison Arboretum’s Madison Reads Leopold event returns on Saturday, March 7, 1:00pm - 4:00pm.

Madison Reads Leopold is an annual community read-aloud celebrating the life and legacy of Aldo Leopold. The readings will include ‘calendar’ essays from A Sand County Almanac along with selected additional works by Leopold and other environmental thinkers. By including authors besides Leopold, our hope is to amplify a broader diversity of voices that articulate relationships with the land. This year’s reading selections are attached for your reference.

First published in 1949, A Sand County Almanac has prompted generations of people to take better notice—and care—of the natural environment. Leopold Weekend in Wisconsin began in Lodi in 2000, and in 2006 it became a designated state observance. It is held the first weekend in March to recognize when Leopold finished the foreword to A Sand County Almanac, which he appended with the date “4th March, 1948.”  It was Leopold’s last writing for the work, since he died unexpectedly six weeks later.

A full schedule of readers and essays will be posted on the Madison Reads Leopold webpage.

If you can lend your voice to Madison Reads Leopold 2026, please complete this brief reader registration form by Monday, February 2. If you prefer not to use the Google form, please call at (608) 262-2101.