"Every flower is a soul blossoming out to nature."
Gerard de Nerval

 

Recent Land Conservation Headlines   Field reports: Wisconsin land purchase preserves trout stream access — 07/12/2009 Conservation groups in Wisconsin have purchased land along the White River, a popular trout stream, to protect the river and allow continued access for anglers.... Full Article at Duluth News Tribune » From fairways and greens to forests and grasslands — 07/07/2009 The once manicured greens and neat fairways of the former Squires Country Club are overgrown.... Full Article at Ozaukee Press Online News » $2M Secured To Preserve Ice Age Scenic Trail — 07/06/2009 MADISON -- State and local leaders are trying to lock in the beauty of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail by partnering up with area landowners to connect the trail through several local communities.... Full Article at channel3000.com » Lulu Lake nature preserve keeps adding acres — 07/04/2009 East Troy — Lulu Lake, a glistening nature preserve that's a day trip from central Milwaukee, has expanded in size for a second time in as many months under state initiatives to protect threatened watersheds and conserve land for public use. ... Full Article at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Online » Protecting a bend in the Wisconsin River — 07/02/2009 It is more than just a bend in the river. Just ask the bald eagles that hunt from towering pines along the entirely natural shoreline.... Full Article at NewsoftheNorth.Net » Listen to WPR talk with author, Ben Logan, about protecting his farm — 06/24/2009 WPR's Kathleen Dunn speaks with Ben Logan about his decision to maintain the farm, as well as the importance of land conservation. Download the full program at www.wpr.org... Full Article at www.wpr.org » Explore nature on a rainy day — 06/22/2009 I usually feel a twinge of regret whenever I see a new development taking over a familiar rustic setting or another new house being built on one of our scenic bluffsides. But unfortunately that has been the pattern for much of my life and seems to ha... Full Article at Coulee News » Buying Chisago County land to save St. Croix River — 06/22/2009 FRANCONIA, MINN. - Time stopped long ago in these deep woods, where the rotting lumber of a hunter's tree stand looks as old as the tree itself.... Full Article at StarTribune.com » Land trust acquires acreage near river — 06/19/2009 The Kinnickinnic River Land Trust and several partners closed a deal last week to acquire 204 acres at the headwaters of the Kinnickinnic River in Erin Prairie from benefactors Vern and Becky Nagel, New Richmond.... Full Article at River Falls Journal » Wisconsin Build a Wildlife Area Campaign Nets First Land Acquisition — 06/19/2009 With the help of Pheasants Forever and other partners, the Wisconsin Build a Wildlife Area campaign announces its first land acquisition, a 204-acre parcel of restored wetlands and adjacent upland grasslands in St. Croix County, Wisconsin.... Full Article at Pheasants Forever » Western Wisconsin Christmas tree farm to remain undeveloped — 06/19/2009 They can't speak to anyone else's commute to the office, but Paul and Sherrill Schottler make a point of going to work together -- a Schottler on each mower, headed toward a grove of Christmas trees.... Full Article at KARE11.com » Western Wisconsin Christmas tree farm to remain undeveloped — 06/18/2009 When you get up everyday and go out and work and do something, you get to where it's more a part of you," explains Paul about his affinity for the land. In the end the Schottler's decision was easy. Their 160 acre farm is now permanently wrapped i... Full Article at KARE 11 Twin Citites NBC » Flora abounds at the Holland Sand Prairie — 06/14/2009 Cactuses grow in Wisconsin. Lizards live here, too.Just take a tour of the Holland Sand Prairie. ... Full Article at LaCrosse Tribune.com » Local Family Preserves a Family Tradition, Farmland and Open Spac — 06/10/2009 The Schottler Family in Somerset, WI recently placed a conservation easement on their 162 acre rural Somerset farm that assures the Christmas tree farm, agricultural land, lake, and prairie will remain intact and undeveloped for future generations. ... Full Article » Biologists take stock of nature at Camp/Quad — 06/06/2009  »