The Wisconsin Forestry Hall of Fame was founded in 1984 by a group of public and private forestry organizations to recognize individuals who have contributed significantly to the practice and progress of forestry in Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin Society of American Foresters is the sustaining agency of the organization. Members of the Wisconsin Forestry Hall of Fame Committee include:
- Forest History Association of Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Tree Farm Committee
- Timber Producers Association
- Wisconsin Society of American Foresters
- Wisconsin DNR Division of Forestry
- Wisconsin County Forest Association
- USDA Forest Service
- Wisconsin Woodland Owners Association
- UW-Madison
- UW-Stevens Point
Persons may be nominated for induction into the Hall of Fame by member organizations, representatives of member organizations, or individuals through a member organization. Nominees may be professionals or nonprofessionals in the field of forestry or related fields, living or deceased, resident or nonresident. Eligibility is determined by the persons accomplishments and contributions in Wisconsin that have influenced forestry progress in the state. Nominee applications are reviewed by the HOF committee each May.Successful nominees are usually inducted at a statewide meeting of a member organization soon after.
The Hall of Fame exhibit displaying plaques of all inductees is housed in the College of Natural Resources building on the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point campus and is open the public for viewing free-of-charge during school hours.
To learn more about forest history:
- Forest History Association of Wisconsin
- Forest History Society
- Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame
- Wisconsin State Historical Society
Hall of Fame Inductees
2022 – Jane Severt
2020 – Ralph G Swanson
2019 – Theodore Arthur Peterson
2019 – Albert Koeppel
2018 – Raymond Guries
2017 – Miles Benson
2015 – Rachel Jordan
2015 – Alvin L. Barden
2012 – W. D. Connor
2011 – Gordon Landphier
2011 – Richard Connor Jr.
2010 – John Kotar
2009 – Robert J. Engelhard
2008 – Gordon Dahlie
2006 – Robert W. Skiera
2005 – Mary Connor
2004 – Cecil Glenn (Mac) McLaren
2003 – Increase A. Lapham
2003 – Eugene J. Schmit
2001 – Forest W. Stearns
2000 – Milton E. Reinke
1999 – Frederic W. Braun
1999 – Aldo Leopold
1998 – George W. Blanchard
1997 – Frank N. Fixmer
1996 – John W. Macon
1995 – William Henry Brener
1995 – Wakelin ‘Ranger Mac’ McNeel
1994 – Stanley W. Welsh
1994 – John H. Saemann
1993 – H. James Hovind
1992 – William A. Sylvester
1992 – Cornelius L. Harrington
1991 – Richard M. Godman
1991 – Ernest W. Brickner
1990 – Nils Folke Becker
1990 – George A. Corrigan
1989 – John Allen Beale
1989 – Earl W. Tinker
1988 – Raphael Zon
1988 – Neil H. LeMay
1988 – Frederick George Kilp
1987 – Sergius A. Wilde
1987 – Emmett B. Hurst
1987 – D.C. Everest
1986 – Stanton W. Mead
1986 – Gordon R. Connor
1986 – George Banzhaf
1985 – M.N. ‘Mully’ Taylor
1985 – Fred B. Trenk
1985 – Calvin B. Stott
1984 – Robert B. Goodman
1984 – Frederick G. Wilson
1984 – E. M. Griffith
