Conservation News
May 17, 2012
Forest land deal sets state record
State officials on Thursday announced plans for the largest land conservation purchase in Wisconsin history - a transaction that protects more than 100 square miles of forest land in four northern counties.
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.
