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Leopold Conservation Award - Wisconsin
2008 LEOPOLD CONSERVATION AWARD IN WISCONSIN PRESENTED TO TERRY PETERS MADISON, WIS. – June 3, 2008 –Sand County Foundation and the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association are proud to name Terry Peters as the winner of the $10,000 2008 Leopold Conservation Award in Wisconsin.
“We are especially proud to present this award in Wisconsin where Leopold’s land ethic was developed,” said Sand County Foundation President Dr. Brent Haglund. “Leopold’s philosophy of responsible private land management still thrives here, and Terry Peters’ exemplary management is driven by a strong commitment to good science and his own ethical relationship with his land.”
Peters, who owns over 3,000 acres of timberland in Mellen, Wis. is a fourth generation timber harvester who got his start by following his father, Howard, on logging jobs as often as he could. Peters also spent time working at his grandfather’s sawmill. Like his grandfather and father, Peters has passed the family timber tradition along to his three sons: Jamie, Corey and Cody. Read more ...
- Richard Hall, The Buckridge –Oshkosh, Wis.
- Edwin Moberg –Nekoosa, Wis.
- Nancy Munson Livingston, Full Cycle Tree Farm –Hancock, Wis.
- Terry Peters –Mellen, Wis.
Read about past winners of the Leopold Conservation Award in Wisconsin.
WISCONSIN PARTNERS:
 Sand County Foundation is a private, non-profit conservation group dedicated to working with private landowners to improve habitat on their land. Sand County’s mission is to advance the use of ethical and scientifically sound land management practices and partnerships for the benefit of people and their rural landscapes. Sand County Foundation works with private landowners because the majority of the nation’s fish, wildlife, and natural resources are found on private lands. The organization backs local champions, invests in civil society and places incentives before regulation to create solutions that ensure and grow. The organization encourages the exercise of private responsibility in the pursuit of improved land health as an essential alternative to many of the commonly used strategies in modern conservation.
 Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association is a non-profit organization with over 850 members in Wisconsin and Michigan. Its members include loggers, truckers, sawmills, paper manufacturers, forest landowners and foresters. It is committed to leading the Forest Products Industry in sustainable forest management through advocacy, professionalism, service to members, education and training. GLTPA is the progressive voice of the Forest Products Industry. www.timberpa.com  The Leopold Conservation Award in Wisconsin is made possible through the generous support of American Transmission Company (ATC).
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