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Leopold Conservation Award seeks nominees

MADISON — Sand County Foundation and Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation are accepting applications for the $10,000 Leopold Conservation Award, which honors Wisconsin farmers who demonstrate responsible stewardship and management of natural resources.

Applications are due by August 9, 2013. Finalists and winner will be announced in late 2013. For complete application information, visit www.leopoldconservationaward.org.

“Through this outstanding partnership, we have been able to recognize the conservation efforts of the Hebbe, Koepke and Bragger families who have built a strong tradition of sustainable agriculture, but they are not the only farming families doing exceptional work for natural resources in Wisconsin,” said Brent Haglund, president of Sand County Foundation. “We look forward to honoring more innovative farmers who are committed to the enhancement of Wisconsin’s landscape.”

Given in honor of Aldo Leopold’s Land Ethic, the Leopold Conservation Award recognizes extraordinary achievement in voluntary conservation, inspires other landowners in their communities through these examples and provides a visible forum where leaders from the agricultural community are recognized as conservation leaders outside of the industry. In his influential book, A Sand County Almanac (1949), Leopold called for an ethical relationship between people and the land they own and manage, which he called “an evolutionary possibility and an ecological necessity.”