This year’s three inductees to the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame impressed friend and foe alike by eagerly and respectfully working with everyone during their long careers.
Gordon Bubolz, 1905-1990, was a prominent “Paper Valley” insurance executive and Republican state senator from the conservative Fox Valley. Even so, Bubolz criticized local papermakers for polluting the Fox River, helped create clean air and water programs, and led state efforts to buy and manage 10 natural areas ranging from High Cliff State Park on Lake Winnebago to public hunting and fishing grounds on the Wolf River.
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