HIST 220: American Environmental History

Noted landscape architect John Nolen was hired to draft a plan developing a state park system in WI. His report, published by the State Park Board, provided guidelines and recommended four sites for inclusion in Wisconsin's first state park system.

Here you will find digital historical maps of Wisconsin.

The WHS Archives has more than 3 million images across 6,000 collections.

Learn more about the modern environmental movement in Wisconsin through these primary source documents.

The Leopold Collection houses the raw materials that document not only Leopold’s rise to prominence but the history of conservation and the emergence of the field of ecology from the early 1900s until his death in 1948.

Try a sample search for "Wisconsin Parks." DPLA connects people to the riches held within America’s libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions

For the Documerica Project (1971-1977), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hired freelance photographers to capture images relating to environmental problems, EPA activities, and everyday life in the 1970s.

Recollection Wisconsin brings together digital cultural heritage resources from Wisconsin libraries, archives, museums and historical societies and shares them with the world in partnership with the Digital Public Library of America.

The Aldo Leopold Foundation is a conservation organization that works to inspire an ethical relationship between people and nature through Leopold’s legacy.

The EPA is a government organization created to protect human health and the environment.

The Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute provides leadership in citizen science, outreach, and education on regional conservation issues while fostering the next generation of environmental leaders.

The Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame is a non-profit organization composed of over 35 Wisconsin conservation-related organizations. The Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame Foundation was established to encourage the growth and practice of a conservation ethic as a legacy for the people of the State.