JDCF invites the public to its annual meeting on April 11, 2024. In addition to the election and re-election of Board members, our keynote speaker will be conservation biologist, environmental historian, and author, Curt Meine. Heavy appetizers and cash bar. Cost is $40.00/person. You may RSVP to jean@jdcf.org.
Curt serves as Senior Fellow with the Aldo Leopold Foundation & Center for Humans and Nature; as Research Associate with the International Crane Foundation; and as Adjunct Associate Professor in Madison at the University of Wisconsin.
Over the last three decades he has worked with a wide array of organizations at the intersection of conservation, agriculture, water, climate change, and community resilience.
He has authored and edited several books, including the award-winning biography
“Aldo Leopold: His Life and Work” (1988/2010) and “The Driftless Reader” (2017), a 2024 JDCF book club selection.
He served as on-screen guide in the Emmy Award-winning documentary film “Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time” (2011). He is a founding member of the Sauk Prairie Conservation Alliance.
Copies of “The Driftless Reader” will be available for purchase and signing at the annual meeting.