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Smith: New festival in Baraboo will shine a spotlight on the remarkable recovery of the sandhill crane in Wisconsin

Few figures in the conservation world are considered as wise and prophetic as Aldo Leopold.

The former University of Wisconsin-Madison professor helped pioneer the field of wildlife management in the 1930s.

He’s also the author of “A Sand County Almanac,” the 1949 book of essays published after his death that is now revered worldwide for its smart and poetic passages, including on the relationship of humans to the environment.