Paul Bader

Paul Bader has owned and managed 60+ acres of former farmland in Southwest Wisconsin for reforestation and timber production since 1970. He has also started and managed several businesses including custom sawmilling, wood stove manufacturing, and sawmill machinery manufacturing and installation. In the 1980's and 90's he worked for Midwest Hardwood Corporation as sawmill production and maintenance superintendent and later as construction superintendent. In August 2001 the Kickapoo Woods Co-op steering committee selected Paul for the position of Co-op Coordinator. Currently he is the Cooperative's Forestry Management Coordinator and a board member.