He shot a wolf for fun. Then something in its dying eyes turned a hunter into America's greatest conservationist

As the animal lay dying, Aldo Leopold looked into its eyes and saw what he later described as a “fierce green fire” fading away. In that moment, something changed. The young hunter who believed that fewer wolves meant more deer—and better hunting—began to realize that neither the wolf nor the mountain agreed with such simple thinking.

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