NOLS Founder Selected for Wyoming Outdoor Hall of Fame

June 14, 2005

NOLS founder, Paul Petzoldt has been selected for induction into the the Wyoming Wildlife Foundation’s Outdoor Hall of Fame. The hall celebrates Wyoming’s heroes of the outdoors and honors lifetime contributions to the preservation of Wyoming’s wildlife and open spaces.
Other 2005 inductees will be Tom Thorne and Beth Williams, renowned wildlife disease specialists; George Bird Grinnell, a founder of Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks and organizer of the first Audubon Society chapter; and fisheries scientist and Academy Award winning cinematographer, James Simon.
The 2005 inductees will join the 2004 inaugural hall of fame class of Curt Gowdy, Cal King, Olaus and Mardie Murie, D.C Nowlin and President Theodore Roosevelt.
The Outdoor Hall of Fame dinner and induction will be on September 9 at the Central Wyoming Fairgrounds in Casper, Wyo. Tickets can be purchased by calling 307.777.4529.
Bruce Palmer, NOLS marketing director

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Bruce Palmer

Bruce Palmer served as the NOLS admission and marketing director from 1996 to 2018.