The newly protected property is part of the Ahnapee River Wildlife Corridor, a vital habitat of wetlands and riverbank.

Thanks to a group of area scouts, hikers will know where they are on the Ice Age Trail and how far away they are from their next destination.

The school district is the first in the state to receive this designation. Students marked the occasion by helping build a new section of trail.

Learn about farmland protection efforts in Waukesha County as Tall Pines Conservancy works to reduce the loss of sustainable working land.

In a banner year for conservation efforts, the land trust completed 17 projects for an overall total of nearly 9,900 acres of protected land.

Funding will be provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program.

Two of the land trust’s properties, Spirit Lake Preserve and Pukaite Woods, will be connected with a trail.

The Ice Age Trail expanded to over 700 miles in 2024. Volunteers set a new record for service hours logged.

Tall Pines Conservancy protects the 139-acre property with a conservation easement funded in part by the Wisconsin Farmland Protection Partnership.

The grant will support a three-year project to plant and monitor trees on land owned by The Ridges Sanctuary.

The 38-acre Agaski Bluff, one of the Driftless Area’s last remaining prairies and home to the state endangered pale false foxglove, is now protected by The Prairie Enthusiasts.

A serene property among the pines of Halls Creek, north of Black River Falls, is now protected by a conservation easement.