Over the past 15 years, the Kinnickinnic River Land Trust (KRLT) has worked with local landowners, citizens, non-profit organizations and government partners to protect nearly 2,100 acres vital to maintaining the quality of the Kinnickinnic River watershed in Northeastern Wisconsin.
This year, KRLT became the first Wisconsin land trust accredited through the Land Trust Accreditation Commission. During the extensive application process, tireless efforts from Executive Director Nelson French, and his dedicated staff and board, managed to close significant conservation deals and initiate a campaign that will help them protect up to 1,000 more acres in the Kinnickinnic watershed.
“The Kinnickinnic River Land Trust has often been out in front of the Wisconsin land trust community in their creative outreach, public-private partnerships and creative solutions to urgent problems. Now they have set the bar even higher, by becoming the first land trust in Wisconsin to become Accredited through the Land Trust Accreditation Commission’s arduous application and review process.”
~Karen Bassler
Superior Nonprofits, LLC
