Frederick
Wilson
On his return to Wisconsin in 1922, Wilson became the first extension forester at UW-Madison and served in that capacity until 1930, when he joined the Conservation Department. He served as Superintendent of the Cooperative Forestry Division for 20 years. Wilson was instrumental in the enactment of the first zoning ordinance in the U.S. restricting land use to forestry. For further information on Frederick Wilson, read his Hall of Fame monograph.
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A disciple of E.M. Griffith,
Wilson was committed to forest protection.
After the State Supreme Court ruled in
1915 that Forestry was unconstitutional,
Wilson spent the next few years as the
first forest engineer in British Columbia.