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The Missouri Conservation Hall of Fame honors deceased citizen conservationists and former employees of the Department of Conservation, other conservation-related government agencies, universities, or organizations who made substantial and lasting contributions to fisheries, forestry, or wildlife resources, including conservation law enforcement and conservation education-related activities in the state.

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Conservation Hall of Fame
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  • Paul G. Barnickol
  • Rudolf Bennitt
  • George Morris
  • Werner O. Nagel
  • Ted Scott
  • Ruthford Henry Westveld
  • George O. White
  • Roland M. Hoerr
  • James T. Montgomery
  • Jay B. Morrow
  • Eugene M. Poirot
  • Vernon Bennett
  • R. Marlin Perkins
  • Nan Winston Gardner Weber
  • Donald E. Wooldridge
  • Dan Saults
  • Paul Q. Tulenko
  • Julian A. Steyermark
  • Edward D. “Ted” Jones
  • Alexander Timon Primm III
  • Ray A. Heady
  • Charles W. Schwartz
  • Leonard Hall
  • Charles H. Callison
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  • Edgar W. Denison
  • Doris J. Keefe
  • Jack A. Stanford
  • Michael C. Milonski (2000)
  • Dr. Thomas Baskett (2001)
  • James F. Keefe (2002)
  • Max C. Hamilton (2007)
  • Earl P. Coleman (2007)
  • Charles E. “Ted” Shanks (2009)
  • George K. Brakhage (2010)
  • Donald M. Christisen (2010)
  • Earl Hoyt, Jr. (2011)
  • Paul Jeffries (2011)
  • William “Bill” Bennett (2012)
  • Edwin “Ed” Stegner (2013)
  • Elizabeth “Libby” Schwartz (2013)
  • Edwin H. “Ed” Glaser (2014)
  • Richard W. “Dick” Vaught (2014)
  • Leo Drey (2016)
  • Clinton E. "Clint" Trammel (2018)
  • Joel Vance (2022)
  • Herschel "Woody" Bledsoe (2022)
  • Lee C. Redmond (2023)

Hall of Fame Form

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Nominee Information
Name
Address
Employee Status
Employee Status
Nominated By
Name
Address
Address of Nearest Living Relative (if deceased):
Explain in detail the outstanding contributions of the nominee over the course of the individuals’ lifetime that shifted resource management paradigms and/or changed the landscape of conservation in Missouri. (These contributions must be documented on this form or by attached supporting material).
Recognition by others for conservation efforts (awards, certificates, newspaper/magazine articles, etc.) Please list, and attach copies if available:
References, endorsements, or letters of support from individuals knowledgeable of the nominee’s work on behalf of conservation. Please list the names of the individuals and attach their supporting materials.
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