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I'm Bill Schafer and this is my blog. After a nearly 5 decade career as an environmental scientist, I am now semi-retired. In my career, I focused on mitigating environmental…

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    About the Island County Almanac

    In my teens I discovered a seminal book in the conservation movement, The Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold. His series of essays described a land ethic that would guide my education and career choices for the next 50 years. My blog mirrors Leopold's Wisconsin essays with my version rooted in Whidbey Island, a long winding isle in the middle of Puget Sound. It's an eclectic mix of topics and images based on my curiosity and interests in the natural world, travel and photography. I hope you enjoy it.

    My copy of "A Sand County Almanac" by Aldo Leopold that I picked up in a used bookstore in Madison, Wisconsin.

    About Bill Schafer

    After an environmental science career spanning nearly 5 decades, Bill is devoting more time to his interests in the natural world and photography, and in following where his curiosity takes him.

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