Walter
Scott
An accomplished conservation writer and speaker, Scott gave over 2,000 talks and wrote speeches for other officials. He was a warden, game management supervisor, and administrator. He encouraged wildlife research, worked on the acquisition of the Horicon Marsh, and accumulated a library on Wisconsin history and conservation. For further information on Walter Scott, read his Hall of Fame monograph.
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Born in Milwaukee, Scott
was as well known for his volunteer activities
as his work with the Wis. Dept. of Natural
Resources and its predecessor, the Conservation
Dept. He founded the Passenger
Pigeon,
the journal of the Wis. Society for Ornithology,
and for decades, worked developing a list
of Wisconsin's largest trees.