Conservation News
Jan 31, 2012
Libertyville couple donates $4.5 million of land in Wisconsin
Ken Aldridge has loved the Northwoods of Wisconsin ever since he was a child. So when the Libertyville resident learned that a favorite wilderness refuge near Minocqua was threatened by development, he decided to act. In June 2010, Aldridge and his wife, Carolyn, purchased nearly 3,200 acres of land near the Minocqua Winter Park, located south of Minocqua off of Highway 70, for $4.5 million. In December, the Aldridges completed one of the largest conservation easement donations in Wisconsin history to the Northwoods Land Trust, a non-profit land conservation group based in Eagle River, Wis., which will preserve the land in its natural state in perpetuity.
Jan 30, 2012
Geneva Lake Conservancy names new directors
“We are thrilled to begin 2012 with the addition of six talented new members to our seasoned board of directors,” said Robert W. Klockars, the conservancy board’s chairman.
Jan 25, 2012
Trusting the Land Trusts to Protect our Heritage
Former Wisconsin State Assembly Natural Resources Committee Chair, Spencer Black discusses the important role land trusts play in their communities.
Jan 13, 2012
MVC receives conservation easement on 160-acre Crawford County farm
A conservation easement on an 160-acre Crawford County farm adds to the lands protected by conservation easements administered by the Mississippi Valley Conservancy in the Kickapoo River Valley, a priority area for the La Crosse-based land trust.
Jan 12, 2012
Former House speaker’s donation helps conserve Great River Road
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert and his wife have donated a conservation easement that will preserve 403 acres of land that overlooks the Mississippi River north of Prairie du Chien. Conservation specialist Abbie Church of the Mississippi Valley Conservancy says the property, which includes the former speaker’s vacation home and working farmland, was top-priority land for conservation because of its prairie and oak savannah habitats as well as rare species of snake and snails found there.
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