From: Leopold, Aldo. 1933. The conservation ethic. Journal of Forestry 31:634--43.

The sandy hills and pine forests of north Baldwin County, Alabama are the setting for DauerWalden. The property consists of about 1146 acres of pasture, pine forests, and wetlands, connected with about 20 miles of equestrian trails. The land is used predominantly for agriculture, forestry, education and recreation. DauerWalden is only 15 miles north of Spanish Fort and less than 30 minutes from downtown Mobile.

The topography of the farm is dominated by rolling hills and hardwood bottomlands. The farm ranges in elevation from over 260 feet above sea level to about 130 feet at the lowest point. These well drained hills never flood even with the worst rain storm. Since the topography is hilly, there are numerous springs and streams on the land, and there are some surprisingly steep slopes dropping toward the creeks on the land.

The 250,000 acre Mobile-Tensaw Delta is only five miles west of the farm. Mobile Bay is quite close, and the Gulf of Mexico is only about 40 miles to the south. The Gulf resort communities of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach are only about an hour away. We are sufficiently close to recreate at the Gulf at will, yet sufficiently far away to avoid the traffic (and the flooding from hurricanes).

With 150 acres over 20 fenced, improved pastures, the agricultural land on the farm is managed for intensive rotation grazing and hay production. Hay is normally available all year. Part of the operation is a horse farm. The brood horses are Registered Racking and Tennessee Walking Horses. The mild climate sustains year round grazing.

The animal menagerie on the farm includes registered Tennessee Walking and Racking horses, donkeys, ponies, Scotch Highland, Holstein and other cattle, black belly Barbados sheep, African pygmy goats, Nubian goats, Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs, rabbits, cats, dogs, peacocks, guineas, emus, turkeys, ducks, geese, parrots, doves, and countless game, Cochin, and laying chickens.