Team Knowles Nelson faced ups and downs in 2025. We take a look back at the year and where Knowles-Nelson stands moving into 2026.

This guest blog article was written by Bob Trapp, an appraiser at JLL.

Thank you for supporting Gathering Waters’ mission to protect land and work to save state funding for land protection on Giving Tuesday.

Read letters from our outgoing Director of Philanthropy, Creal Zearing, and incoming Director of Philanthropy, Danni Niles.

Sandy DeWalt was posthumously honored with the 2025 Land Trust Volunteer of the Year Award on October 12, 2025.

On October 9, the nonprofit sector comes together for DAF Day, a nationwide effort to inspire donors to put their donor-advised funds (DAFs) to work in support of the causes they care about most.

The 8th annual Wisconsin Land Trust Days featured 44 events hosted by 22 land trusts. Read a recap of what happened over the past three months!

Wisconsin was well represented at the Land Trust Alliance’s annual Rally conference, held in Cleveland, Ohio from September 3-6, 2025.

David Grusznski was honored with the 2025 Land Trust Professional of the Year Award from Gathering Waters on August 22, 2025.

Learn about two proposals to reauthorize the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program after no funding for the program was included in the 2025 state budget.

Congratulations to the Cates family, who was presented with the 2025 Land Legacy Award by Gathering Waters on August 12, 2025.