Conservation News
May 15, 2012
Historic Twin Bluffs in Buffalo County preserved
The state Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Fund awarded The Nature Conservancy a grant of $300,626, about half of the appraised value, to help pay for the acquisition. The group paid the remainder of the purchase price, surveys and closing costs. George Howe, conservation director for the Mississippi Valley Conservancy, met with the Hemions in 2009 to discuss options for preserving the land, but Dwight Hemion died in 2011 before a preservation plan was completed. The Nature Conservancy stepped in to secure funding for the acquisition.
May 14, 2012
Mississippi River Bluffs listed in America’s Great Outdoors
America's Great Outdoors Report, which is part of President Obama’s initiative to establish a community-based agenda for conservation, recreation and reconnecting Americans to the outdoors, lists the Mississippi River Bluffs in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin as one of more than 100 projects in the 50 states designed to protect special places and increase access to outdoor spaces.
May 08, 2012
Baraboo conservationists celebrate $1.5M land purchase along Wisconsin River
More than 110 people gathered Friday, May 4th, at the Aldo Leopold Foundation in Baraboo to celebrate the purchase of 305 acres for conservation in an area important for preserving birds along the Wisconsin River north of Baraboo.
Apr 24, 2012
Conservancy group acquires large Door County parcel
In the largest land conservation deal in Door County since state expansion of Newport State Park in 1967, the Door County Land Trust announced Monday it recently purchased 483 acres within a pristine natural area for $1.2 million from several private landowners.
Apr 24, 2012
Group broadens efforts to keep Kinnickinnic River flourishing
For the past 18 years the Kinnickinnic River Land Trust, with 600 members, has been working to preserve wild land and farmland in the vicinity of the Kinnickinnic River through permanent property leases or purchases. That's the type of thing land trusts normally do. Now the Kinnickinnic trust is also involved in a plan to keep phosphorus and other nutrients out of the river, preventing them from flowing into the St. Croix River, which the Kinnickinnic feeds. Nutrient buildup in waterways promotes algae growth, harming water quality
