Nomination Application & Guidelines
The Nomination Application and Guidelines were updated November 2021. All new nominations must be submitted using the new Nomination Application format.
Nomination Application (MS Word to download and fill in)
Nomination Application (PDF for reference only)
Process
- Read the Guidelines
- Complete a Nomination Application
- Write a biography using the format in the Nomination Application
- Gather letters of support and/or testimonials (be mindful of limits identified in the Nomination Application)
- Gather optional supporting documents
- Gather photo
- Email the completed Nomination Application, Biography, Letters/Testimonials, optional Supporting Documents and photo to: wchfame@gmail.com. Nominations are accepted January 1 through May 31 only.
- Nominators will receive email notification of received Nomination Applications and be kept informed of the application’s status throughout the review process.
Questions? Email wchfame@gmail.com
Timeline
January 1 – May 31 – Call for nominations is open
(Note: Submitting a Nomination Application at least one month prior to the deadline provides time for an initial review that could be beneficial. Nominations are not accepted June 1 through December 31.)
June – Technical Review of nominations
(Note: If the Technical Review Team determines an application contains excess information nominators are contacted in late June. Nominators have one week to make changes or resubmit the following year. To avoid this, follow the word/page limits precisely.)
August – Board of Governors meet and recommend 5 nominees move forward to the Voting Member Organizations and Foundation Directors for consideration
September – Annual Inductee Selection Meeting; 1-3 Inductees selected for the following year
April – Annual Induction Ceremony
Please be aware: This is a merit-based system and nominees with packets that are complete may, unfortunately, never rise to the level of Induction though the nominee may have made great contributions to conservation. It is possible that other nominees out-compete them each year.
Standards and Criteria for Selection
Adopted by WCHF Board of Directors – September 1991; Revised November 2021
Standards for selection into the Hall of Fame shall include but are not limited to:
Nominee’s contribution was of such a nature as to have state-wide, inter-state, or national significance;
Nominee’s contribution affected a wide range of natural resources;
Nominee’s contributions were made in a manner that will enable them to be measured in context of past inductees’ contributions, and in the historical setting of the time in which they lived;
Nominee must have significant ties to Wisconsin, i.e., birth, family, background, residency, education, primary body of work, or other means of calling Wisconsin their “home;”
Nominee shall have made a sustained and outstanding contribution to conservation of at least one, and preferably several, of the following kinds:
- Environmental law enforcement
- Applied resource management
- Conservation education
- Conservation policy formation, legislation, and public leadership
- Conservation-oriented research
- Conservation literature, art or journalism
Nominee’s character and behavior should not reflect negatively on Wisconsin’s conservation community, taking into consideration the historical setting of the time in which they lived;
If the nominee is living, they shall be at a stage in their career that their contributions are undeniable, and are likely not to be impugned by any of their present or future endeavors.