10/22/2026
Did you know? This oft-seen bench in trails and natural areas is called the Leopold Bench, named after Aldo Leopold, a 20th-century conservationist.
He earned widespread recognition with his book, A Sand County Almanac, published in 1949 and regarded as a classic in conservation writing.
His legacy continued at TrailFest this week, where Leopold benches were assembled in real time by Dean and Terri Stinn, SELT's Shea Kelley, and A.J. Dupere from the Urban Forestry Center in Portsmouth.
Throughout TrailFest, this crew cut milled logs into boards, and then assembled five Leopold benches to be used by SELT. Great job!