Doug Seale, well-known conservationist, will explore changing historical attitudes about wilderness and wild things in America, and how those attitudes inform present preservation efforts and the ongoing debate over the appropriate uses of the natural world. The talk will consider how the views of Thoreau, Emerson, John Muir, Aldo Leopold, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Theodore Roosevelt, Rachel Carson and others have influenced our thinking about what wilderness means to us today. The meeting will be held at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge headquarters on Weir Hill Road in Sudbury. A meeting for members will start at 7pm followed by the speaker. Free and open to the public. For more information visit
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