Celebrating, Advancing and Sharing Wisconsin's Conservation Legacy
Saturday, April 24, 2021
Four free Induction Ceremony events were held live on a virtual platform to honor our 2020 and 2021 Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame conservation heroes! Overview/Invitation
Announcing and Celebrating the 2021 Inductee: Gary Eldred
Celebrating our 2020 Inductees: Stephen Born | Jens Jensen | Stanley Temple
Thank you to our Sponsors. These events are made possible, in part, by the financial and in-kind support of our generous Sponsors.
1906 – 2006
Inducted 2012
“Sportsmen, landowners, bird watchers, conservationists and interested citizens must all cooperate and support practices that protect the wildlife and habitat of our environmental heritage.” — Phil H. Sander
On a hill overlooking the Mississippi River at Wyalusing State Park, a simple but elegant monument pays homage to the passenger pigeon and lessons learned from its extinction at the hands of humans. The words on the monument are Aldo Leopold’s. It was designed by his friend and associate, Phil Sander of Kenosha.
Sander was a man of many interests and talents. Conservation was at the top of the list. Like several other Conservation Hall of Fame inductees, Sander was a “citizen conservationist” who worked in the private sector, including the …
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