Written from an experiential perspective, with a style that is often poetic, the main message of A Sand County Almanac is that the land is not there to serve us, but that we need to live in community with the land. Community without land is empty, so by threatening the land we are threatening the community. The people, the people and the other species are all part of a circular system, which humans have disconnected from since industrialisation. If we fail to reconnect with nature, nature will suffer and humanity will also suffer.