[PCA] Wild Read explores conservation issues through writing

[Karene_Motivans at fws.gov]

Service Kicks Off America’s Wild Read, a Virtual Book Club 


The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the launch of a new virtual 
book club aiming to engage and inspire readers to connect with the 
outdoors and nature.

America’s Wild Read will feature noted ecologist E.O. Wilson’s first novel 
Anthill, the story of a boy whose Huck Finn-inspired summer in rural 
Alabama teaches him deeper understandings of nature and its most ruthless 
predators. Readers will also share insights on two related essays: 
Thinking Like a Mountain by Aldo Leopold, an early founder of the land 
conservation movement, and Once and Future Land Ethic, by Dr. Curt Meine, 
senior fellow at the Aldo Leopold Foundation. Both essays can be accessed 
online at http://AmericasWildlife.org/WildRead. 

The online discussions of the essays and Anthill will begin on May 1, 
2011, and May 15, 2011, respectively. Conservation writers Curt Meine and 
Will Stolzenburg (author of Where the Wild Things Were) and other 
scholars, poets, and even an ant expert will moderate the virtual book 
club organized by the Service’s National Conservation Training Center. A 
complete list of moderators and discussion questions is available at the 
link above.

America’s Wild Read will culminate the week of July 10, 2011, when the 
National Wildlife Refuge System unveils its new 10-year vision, Conserving 
the Future: Wildlife Refuges and the Next Generation, during a conference 
to be held in Madison, Wisconsin, near Aldo Leopold’s family home. The 
conference will feature a live Wild Read dialogue for readers attending 
the event and readers participating via the Web. Learn more about the 
effort to craft a renewed vision for the Refuge System at 
http://AmericasWildlife.org.

The National Conservation Training Center is the home of the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service and a leader in environmental sustainability. The center 
provides quality training tailored to support Service employees and 
conservation partners in the accomplishment of the agency’s mission. For 
more information about NCTC or our green practices, visit 
http://nctc.fws.gov.

The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with others 
to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats 
for the continuing benefit of the American people. For more information on 
our work and the people who make it happen, visit http://www.fws.gov.





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