Get a recap on the oral arguments held on April 17, 2024 and read up on media coverage about the case.

Learn more about the separation of powers lawsuit, and check out our Team Knowles Nelson merch!

Thank you to Governor Evers for conserving the Pelican River Forest in perpetuity!

The Call for Nominations for the 2024 Land Conservation Leadership Awards is open through Friday, March 15, 2024!

We thank the Alliant Energy Foundation for their continued support of Gathering Waters. They also support a lot more great environmental work like conservation, education, improvements for parks and trails, and more.

2024 marks an exciting milestone—Gathering Waters’ 30th anniversary! A lot has changed over the last three decades, but our mission has remained a constant: we help land trusts, landowners, and communities protect the places that make Wisconsin special.

In celebration of what Wisconsin land trusts can accomplish together, we offer these with thanks and best wishes for 2024!

We are so thankful for the many friends who contributed to Gathering Waters on Giving Tuesday, which was November 28, 2023.

Gathering Waters presented Tom Stolp, executive director of the Ozaukee Washington Land Trust (OWLT), with the 2023 Land Trust Professional of the Year Award November 9, 2023 at Ozaukee Washington Land Trust’s Cocktails for Conservancy event in West Bend.

Gov. Tony Evers is suing legislative Republicans for violating the Wisconsin Constitution by obstructing basic government functions, including blocking already-approved Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program grants.

Gathering Waters presented Stephen (Steve) and Susan Carpenter with the 2023 Land Legacy Award on October 21, 2023 at a small private celebration at the UW Arboretum in Madison.

“I believe providing for land protection is an investment that will last. The land needs to live forever, to secure the well-being of all those who come after us.”