Lesa Kardash named Wisconsin Wildlife Federation’s Conservationist of Year

The DNR’s Lesa Kardash was chosen as the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation (WWF) Conservationist of the Year, with the award bestowed on Kardash at the group’s annual award banquet.
When it comes to protecting Wisconsin’s wildlife, the name of Lesa Kardash carries a lot of weight, said Cody Kamrowski, WWF executive director. A 25-year DNR veteran and a senior wildlife biologist, Kardash has long been at the forefront of conservation. But it is her tireless work safeguarding one of the state’s most iconic and threatened grassland species, the greater prairie chicken, that earned her WWF’s highest honor.

This content is restricted to subscribers of OutdoorNews.com. If you are already an OutdoorNews.com subscriber, you can log in here. If you are not and would like to read this and all the other great content OutdoorNews.com has to offer, click here.