Franklin Roosevelt was very concerned about environmental issues.

Fraternity membership
Nelson is an initiated member of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity having been initiated in 1971 during a trip to La Grange Georgia to promote the 2nd Annual Earth Day. We have to address the population issue. )


Life after politics
After Nelson's 1980 defeat for re-election he became counselor for The Wilderness Society in January 1981.

Gaylord Anton Nelson (June 4 1916 – July 3 2005) was an American politician from Wisconsin who served as a United States Senator and governor.