The conservationist perspective derives from the management and stable use of land. In contrast, the preservationist perspective is based on maintaining the ‘untouched’ (by humans) condition of certain areas on Earth.
Leopold’s phrase, “In those days we had never heard of passing up a chance to kill a wolf.” , evokes the feeling of remorse towards misconceptions of the food chain amongst the mountain (Leopold, 14). For instance, Leopold states, “ I thought because fewer wolves meant more deer, that no wolves would mean hunters’ paradise. But after seeing the green fire die, I sensed that neither the wolf nor the mountain agreed with such a view” (Leopold, 14). As a young adult the excitement of the hunt lead him to perceive unjustifiable concepts …show more content…
He made his conclusion from his observations, for instance, “I have seen every edible bush and seedling browsed, first to anaemic desuetude, and then to death. I have seen every edible tree defoliated to the height of a saddlehorn. Such a mountain looks as if someone had given God a new pruning shears, and forbidden Him all other exercise. In the end the starved bones of the hoped-for deer herd, dead of it’s own too-much,bleach with the bones of the dead sage, or molder under the high-lined junipers” (Leopold, 15). As a result from the action of over hunting wolves, more specifically depleting the population in the area, the population of deer increased due to the disappearance of their predator. However, due to the increase of deer population, Leopold noticed the depletion of the mountains resources, such as shrub and other tree foliage. Although the wolves are gone, more known as “a hunter’s paradise”, the deer population increases and consumes a majority of the mountains resources, and eventually the system begins to lack …show more content…
As the nation revolves around education, which tends to not be an advocate of the understanding of ecology. “One of the requisites for an ecological comprehension of the land is an understanding of ecology, and this is by no means coextensive with ‘education’, in fact high education seems deliberately to avoid ecological concepts” (Leopold, 17). From an individual point of view, I feels as though I fall under the minority in the statement, “The case for a land ethic would appear hopeless but for the minority which is in obvious revolt against these ’modern’ trends.” A majority of the time I think of how we use our earth's resources and how they have evolved into an economic problem in many cases. Manifesting in the ‘right’ way to use resources preserves “stability, and beauty of the biotic community” (Leopold, 17).
As ecology was a topic avoided in education, one can infer that the common attitudes of and thinking about the nature in Leopold’s era were uncertain. As a result from the scarce teaching and false labels of so called ‘academic’ ecological
Leopold’s phrase, “In those days we had never heard of passing up a chance to kill a wolf.” , evokes the feeling of remorse towards misconceptions of the food chain amongst the mountain (Leopold, 14). For instance, Leopold states, “ I thought because fewer wolves meant more deer, that no wolves would mean hunters’ paradise. But after seeing the green fire die, I sensed that neither the wolf nor the mountain agreed with such a view” (Leopold, 14). As a young adult the excitement of the hunt lead him to perceive unjustifiable concepts …show more content…
He made his conclusion from his observations, for instance, “I have seen every edible bush and seedling browsed, first to anaemic desuetude, and then to death. I have seen every edible tree defoliated to the height of a saddlehorn. Such a mountain looks as if someone had given God a new pruning shears, and forbidden Him all other exercise. In the end the starved bones of the hoped-for deer herd, dead of it’s own too-much,bleach with the bones of the dead sage, or molder under the high-lined junipers” (Leopold, 15). As a result from the action of over hunting wolves, more specifically depleting the population in the area, the population of deer increased due to the disappearance of their predator. However, due to the increase of deer population, Leopold noticed the depletion of the mountains resources, such as shrub and other tree foliage. Although the wolves are gone, more known as “a hunter’s paradise”, the deer population increases and consumes a majority of the mountains resources, and eventually the system begins to lack …show more content…
As the nation revolves around education, which tends to not be an advocate of the understanding of ecology. “One of the requisites for an ecological comprehension of the land is an understanding of ecology, and this is by no means coextensive with ‘education’, in fact high education seems deliberately to avoid ecological concepts” (Leopold, 17). From an individual point of view, I feels as though I fall under the minority in the statement, “The case for a land ethic would appear hopeless but for the minority which is in obvious revolt against these ’modern’ trends.” A majority of the time I think of how we use our earth's resources and how they have evolved into an economic problem in many cases. Manifesting in the ‘right’ way to use resources preserves “stability, and beauty of the biotic community” (Leopold, 17).
As ecology was a topic avoided in education, one can infer that the common attitudes of and thinking about the nature in Leopold’s era were uncertain. As a result from the scarce teaching and false labels of so called ‘academic’ ecological