Relying on archival research and ethnographic fieldwork, this project traces the root historical causes of several volatile land conflicts currently unfolding in Uganda’s Acholi region. * By applying a longue durée lens within a political ecology framework, I analyze these contemporary land conflicts as part of the enduring legacy of colonial era environmental engineering through sleeping sickness control and conservation projects in the Acholi region. *N.B. The project was initially designed as an in-depth case study of two specific and interrelated land conflicts. As will be described below, though, I had to expand my focus due to COVID-related developments on the ground