Proposed by: Saint Paul Garden Club, Zone XI

Carrol as the original supervisor has won an acknowledged reputation in strategic restoration of diverse natural species and habitats beyond geo-political borders. He has managed programs to save eastern bluebirds, river otters, and landmark trumpeter swans, a story of notable resettlement in the lower 48 states. Carrol is most famous for launching a ‘Chickadee Checkoff,’ a tax filing option that funds surveys of wood turtles, ospreys, rattlesnakes and dragonflies, frog and toad research, monitoring heron rookeries, remote cameras, protection and management of bald eagles, piping plovers, peregrine falcons and others injured or at risk. Of Carrol’s fourteen published books, and long before ‘pollinators’ became a “buzzword,” Carrol advocated landscape plantings to benefit butterflies, bees, moths, and hummingbirds in his book, “Landscaping for Wildlife.” Royalties of over ¼ million from all DNR books are returned to programs.