Bonnie faces 40 years in the pen after pleading guilty to a plea of first-degree reckless homicide. No two American ethnic groups have more in common than Indians and African-Americans. Both have a long history of struggle and persecution. Of course, Indians still have some land, whereas black folks are still waiting for the 40 acres and a mule that the U.S. government promised them after the Civil War. It sits just off the Baraboo River.
Hearings begin next month.
Leopold, of course, is the first recognized ecologist to bring game management and preservation together. Members of Leopold's foundation caution that the refuge would replace farmland, which Aldo wouldn't approve of. Brett Mazzone, of Brett's, bought the joint about a year ago from Michael Murphy, whose Sweetwater had taken on icon status, which Brett duly expanded with partner Dan Fitzgibbons. Brett's moving into something more tame, like satellite Internet ventures.