CHEYENNE - This year*s inductees to Wyoming*s Outdoor Hall of Fame
include a rancher/conservationist, renowned sage grouse authority, long
time outfitter and avid turkey hunter.  Volunteerism and exemplary
activity with wildlife conservation groups is a common theme for this
year*s Hall of Fame class.

This years inductees are the following:

Robert Model, Cody - *Bob* Model is a rancher, outfitter and
businessman as well as a hunter, conservationist and founder of several
wildlife conservation organizations.
Over the years he has been a champion of the importance of private
lands in sustaining public wildlife resources and of the need to improve
sportsmen/landowner relations. 

Robert L. Patterson (posthumously) - Robert Patterson was born in
Virginia in 1918 and later attended the University of Michigan, where he
received a bachelor*s degree in wildlife conservation and forestry.
After graduation he joined the Navy, where he served as a first
lieutenant on the USS Selfridge in defense of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7,
1941.
Upon release from the service he resumed his wildlife studies which
eventually led him to Wyoming, where he completed PhD research for his
book, *The Sage Grouse in Wyoming,* which was released in 1952.

Jake Clark, Powell - Jake Clark began his outfitting business in 1979
and has outfitted mostly in northwest Wyoming in the Cody and Dubois
areas.
In 1985 he became a member of the then relatively new Rocky Mountain
Elk Foundation (RMEF) and since that time his name has become synonymous
with volunteer efforts to assist RMEF with important conservation
projects and wildlife issues. 

Hugh Vogel, Casper - Hugh Vogel*s passion for wild turkeys, has paid
remarkable dividends for wild turkey conservation efforts in Wyoming.
His volunteer work with the Wyoming Chapter of the National Wild Turkey
Federation (NWTF) has spanned many years.  He has served as the First
Wyoming State Vice President and the State Treasurer for the NWTF and
organized the Bighorn Chapter of the NWTF in Casper.  He was the second
person in NWTF history to receive the Wild Turkey Rare Breed Award.

The Wyoming Outdoor Hall of Fame recognizes individuals who have made
significant, lasting lifetime contributions towards conserving
Wyoming*s outdoor heritage through volunteer service, environmental
restoration, educational activities, visual and written media, the arts
and political and individual leadership.

For all the details on these outstanding citizens log on to gf.state.wy.us