What is the author's tone in A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold?

The tone of this book is very poetic and moving. The first part of the book is all about the narrator's experiences. He talks about them so eloquently that the reader wishes he or she were there with him. It is also very serious at times which he does on purpose to remind the reader that even though he has experienced many wonderful things in nature, they don't exist anymore because of modernization and progress. It is depressing at times because the reader grows this desire to go duck hunting, for example, but then reads that there arnt that many ducks left in certain areas that used to be great to hunt at. Then he introduces modern hunting and the readers' desire to hunt is decreased, because he or she may not have ever hunted and the modern way seems to be so wrong. It then sends a sense of urgency to help wildlife researchers learn more about nature so that the little that does exist isn't completely erased from the face of the earth. It is a very intense and wonderfully written book that attempts to call people to action and think beyond what politicians and national bureaus are putting out there. It is also a little anti academic because he argues that professors are only concerned with their own research and not that of anyone else's. They in turn end up in a bubble and nature is not about being in a bubble separate from society, rather it is what society used to be made up of, and should have remained so. Progress was and is the problem, and only people can alter it so that nature isn't completely erased and paved over.