Why Round River? Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) was an Associate Director of the Forest
Resources Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin. He founded the
science of Game Management and served as a consulting forester. But
he is probably best known as a naturalist and conservationist through his
writings. His major contribution, A Sand County Almanac,
was
published a year after his death. One essay in this book was
titled "The Round River". Below is an except from this essay.
"One of the marvels of early
Wisconsin was the Round River, a river that flowed into itself, and thus
sped around and around in a never-ending circuit. Paul Bunyan
discovered it, and the Bunyan saga tells how he floated many a log down
its restless waters."
Clay Hill's constructed wetland is a
"round river". Its headwaters are in the Joan White
Howell Environmental Education Center and pavilion, its main stem is the
wetland cells and its mouth is a 250 aquarium in the center. Our
"wastewater" is cleaned by plants and microorganisms that reside
in the wetland cells. You can read more by following the links
below. You may purchase a copy of the book A
Sand County Almanac by clicking on the
title.
