When news arrived that legendary hunter/conservationist Bud Jordahl died May 11 at age 83, I pushed back from the keyboard and flipped through old mail for the handful of notes and postcards he sent in recent years. No matter when they were written, words from Madisonâ??s Harold C. Jordahl hold their value like praise from your father. His notes reminded you hope isnâ??t a slogan and inspiration has few sources. Those powers spring from smart, courageous leaders who care.Jordahl was all that. He worked for the U.S. Department of the Interior; taught at the University of Wisconsin; and toiled for the Wisconsin Conservation Department and Department of Resource Development, forerunners to the Department of Natural Resources.
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