More of our heroes:

Jeanne Behrend
Janet Beach Hanson
Kristen Wilhelm


Harold "Bud" Jordahl
is a familiar face around Gathering Waters Conservancy. As one of our founders, Bud has served on the board of directors for the past 15 years. He is one of the cornerstones of this organization. In 2005, he was inducted into the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame.

Bud Jordahl

" a man whose life immeasurably enriches all those it touches and to whom all the citizens of the great State of Wisconsin will forever be indebted for his unwavering and unfaltering dedication to the conservation and the protection of our environment".

Why he's our hero...

He worked with Governor Gaylord Nelson to create the predecessor for the Stewardship Fund (Wisconsin's Outdoor Recreation Act Program)

He's an Emeritus professor at the UW-Madison

He helped designate the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore

He's committed to conservation on a very personal level (He's placed a conservation easement on his 220-acre farm in Richland County)


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