Peter shares, “All who today are working in conservation and environmental protection in Wisconsin are standing on the shoulders of those who came before us. As we have an obligation to pass on what we know to the next generation, we also have an obligation to remember and honor those who did the hard work to lay the foundations for our efforts. Wisconsin has a remarkable conservation history – ideas that originated here have been picked up around the world – and that history was the work of individuals working in the forests, lakes, and savannas. Every step forward, every environmental success, happened because people valued the land and cared for the future. The Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame honors and promotes those values.”
Peter McKeever is a land conservation attorney who represents local land trusts, other conservation organizations and conservation-minded landowners. He has been actively involved in land conservation work in Wisconsin for more than 33 years, including ten years as the State Director of the Wisconsin Chapter of the Nature Conservancy. He has been involved with non-profit organizations for his entire career, having been a founder, board member, employee, consultant, board president, and executive director. He was formerly a member of the Monona City Council and serves on the Capital Area Regional Planning Commission. He is active with the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology and has had a lifelong passion for environmental and conservation issues. He and his wife Marena Kehl have an off-grid cabin on 75 acres in Northern Wisconsin that is protected by a conservation easement.