Journey Stories Grand Opening:
Saturday August 10, 9am.
Featuring the Smithsonian Exhibition and companion exhibit, Journey to Springerville.
Location: Springerville Heritage Center, front steps
Check out the Journey Stories trailer on Youtube!
“Journeys-Aldo Leopold and the Apache National Forest”
Permanent Exhibit, opening August 10, 2013
Monday-Friday, 8am-4:30pm
USFS Apache-Sitgreaves Supervisor’s Office
30 S. Chiricahua Dr. Springerville, AZ 928-333-4301
During the opening of the exhibit on August 10, Forest Service
Personnel, dressed in early 1900’s Forest Service attire, will read selections from Leopold’s writings. There will also be docents on hand to talk about the exhibit. The ongoing exhibit will include photographs, writings, and artifacts related to Leopold’s stay in Arizona.
Presented by the US Forest Service /Apache-Sitgreaves Supervisor’s Office, the White Mountain Conservation League, and Great Old Broads for Wilderness
Speakers and Events
Green Fire (Film presentation) Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for our Time with guest speaker, Dr. Susan Flader
Saturday, August 17 Speaker at 6:30
Film at 7:00
Joseph & Emma Udall Family Threatre at the Springerville Heritage Center
418 E. Main St., Springerville, AZ
Dr. Susan Flader, film consultant and Leopold scholar will speak about Leopold’s time in the southwest and the discovery of the Green Fire site. The documentary film covers the time that Leopold spent in the southwest in depth.
Presented by the White Mountain Conservation League, Great Old Broads for Wilderness, and the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest
Green Fire Hike
Sunday, August 18
Meet at the Alpine Ranger Station, Alpine AZ at 8:30am.
Hike length 2-7miles and determined individually
Hike to the Green Fire site, timed to occur approximately 104 years after Leopold stood at the same spot shooting at the wolves below. Discussion of Leopold’s transformation from wolf killer to protector, and reading of passages from Leopold’s Thinking like a Mountain.
Presented by the White Mountain Conservation League and Great Old Broads for Wilderness.
Escudilla Wilderness Hike
Saturday, September 21
Meet at the Alpine Ranger Station, Alpine, AZ at 8:30am. Hike length 6 miles round trip.
Hike to the top of Escudilla Mountain, written about by Leopold in one of his essays in A Sand County Almanac . Passages from Leopold’s writings will be read, and discussion of the impact that this place had on his life.
Presented by the White Mountain Conservation League and Great Old Broads for Wilderness.
Springerville Heritage Center
418 E. Main St., Springerville, AZ
