R.I.P. Luna Leopold

Luna Leopold, a naturalist considered the nation's leading expert and educator on how rivers shape the land, died at his home in Berkeley on Feb. 23. He was 90. The rest of his SF Chronicle obituary is here.

He was the son of one of the pioneers of ecological awareness, the revered Aldo Leopold, author of Sand County Almanac, also a Bible for American nature writers. But even without that patrimony, Luna Leopold would himself be a giant figure, though more for other scientists than the general public. He remained productive as a writer and scholar until his death. Some of his work is archived on the web here.