Agriculturalist.
Born at Deloraine in 1941, son of William Stewart Poole (1913-1987) and Evelyn Frances Webb (1917-?), he acquired his love of the land early, going on to receive a degree in Agriculture at the University of Manitoba. He was an agricultural representative at Killarney and Swan River, also writing for an agricultural publication, The Westminster, in Regina, Saskatchewan. In 1968, he returned to work the family land and also became the manager of the Turtle Mountain Conservation District, where he became interested in Ducks Unlimited programs.
In 1989, he joined Ducks Unlimited as its Provincial Agrologist, where he worked to implement the agricultural component of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan in Manitoba. His duties expanded to encompass national issues with land use politics and DUC vision, while also being the editor of two native plant revegetation manuals, which gained international recognition. He was highly involved in the formation of the new DUC subsidiary, Native Plant Solutions. Poole also served as the President of the Soil Conservation Council of Canada and on the board of Directors of the Red River Co-op.
He died on 11 December 2001, survived by his wife Marilyn and their three children.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Poole Conservation Monument (Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester)
Birth registrations [William Stewart Poole, Frances Evelyn Webb], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [William Stewart Poole, Evelyn Frances Webb], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 15 December 2001, page 59.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Kris Keen and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 13 April 2025
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