You’ve read A Sand County Almanac a million times. You can practically recite “Good Oak” and “Thinking Like a Mountain” from memory. Perhaps you have even made your pilgrimage to the original Leopold Shack. But what would it have felt like to be one of the Leopold children arriving at that worn-down chicken coop for the first time? 

In her book “Aldo Leopold’s Shack: Nina’s Story,” Author Nancy Nye Hunt answers this question in rich detail. Chalk-full of Leopold family stories and little-known facts drawn straight from the source, Hunt’s book paints the Shack story from the perspective of her friend and mentor Nina Leopold—the eldest daughter of Aldo and Estella Leopold, who spent her formative years planting pines, restoring prairie, and fixing up the Shack alongside her family.  

What started as a retreat from city life became so much more, transforming Nina and her family into astute observers, environmental advocates, and lifelong lovers of the land. Join us for the final Land Ethic Live! show of the year for a special presentation and conversation with author Nancy Nye Hunt and Nina Leopold’s daughter, Trish Stevenson. The two will share the fascinating research process behind the book, stories about the exceptional women of the Leopold family, and the lessons that Nina’s story can teach us about loving the earth in challenging times.