Fred
Schmeeckle
The Department of Conservation Education he originated at UW-SP in 1946 was the nation's first. He was long active in the Izaak Walton League and in various conservation programs at local, state and national levels. He received the Nash Conservation Award in 1954.
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Known as the father of the
famed College of Natural Resources at UW-Stevens
Point, Schmeeckle was born in Nebraska.
Starting in 1923 as an instructor in science
and agriculture at the Central Wisconsin
State College (Stevens Point), he pioneered
a new profession.