Aldo Leopold is known as a father of conservation and the then emerging field of ecology. His most famous work is 'Sand County Almanac' where he more fully articulates the principles below.

It was written in 1942, upon the end of the great depression and the cusp of World War II, not to mention the dustbowl land destroying years at the peak of Mr. Leopold's development.

(Jack Abramoff, RR's favorite College Boy)

I'm doing some research regarding Jack Abramoff's early years and have just finished his recent book 'Capitol Punishment', which also sheds light on Microsoft and the firm's representation by Preston Gates and Ellis; a circumstantially curious pair of events in my personal life. Regardless, the Microsoft relationship with PGE is worth documenting on its own, as such the following.

Abramoff was brought into the lobbying business by the Preston Gates Ellis firm immediately after the 1994 takeover of the House of Representatives, the same election that begat us Newt Gingrich as Speaker of the House. Abramoff's initial reaction to the offer was negative. From the book: "Lobbyists were those evil corporate pukes who disdained (conservative) ideologues like me. They were the guys in the $2,000 suits who sucked the lifeblood out of our nation. Why would I ever become one of those guys?"