On Saturday, October 1st, Tall Pines Conservancy hosted its first ever Concert on the Farm as part of their annual Fall Harvest festival.  For the past 3 years Tall Pines has been gathering at

The Ozaukee Washington Land Trust was founded in 1992 by a group of Ozaukee County residents concerned about the negative effects of growth and the rapid loss of our natural

Kathleen Falk has been a remarkable environmental steward within the Wisconsin community. Throughout her endeavors she has always been committed, first and foremost, to land and water conservation.  From 1977

Elward Engle’s relationship with land and water conservation is rooted in a sense of interdependence among all of the components of the natural environment. He understands the relationships between the

Jim Matson served as Chief Legal Counsel of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection for 36 years. During his tenure at the DATCP he was instrumental in

Alan Sweeney is a lifelong resident of the Town of Porter in northwestern Rock County. Alan farms almost 1,300 acres and is a third-generation farmer. He is dedicated not just

Gathering Waters Conservancy welcomes it’s newest member, Public Ally Marisa Hernández!  Marisa joins us as a part of the AmeriCorps program, Public Allies.  After a strong interview and selection process she was

At last count over 25 Wisconsin land trusts have registered for Rally in October.  We’re really excited that so many of our member land trusts are seizing this excellent opportunity to learn

GWC is proud to announce that we’ve awarded scholarships to eight of our land trust members to attend Rally, 2011, the national land trust conference in Milwaukee this fall. The land trusts receiving

Legislation to make the federal tax incentive for the donation of conservation easements permanent has an incredible 260 co-sponsors in the House (H.R. 1964)!  That’s more co-sponsors than any other

On July 28th we packed the GWC staffers into a minivan and headed up to the West Bend area to do some field work on one of Ozaukee-Washington Land Trust’s fee-title properties.