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2010 Lifetime Achievement Award: Noel Cutright
We are proud to honor Dr. Noel Cutright for notable contributions to land conservation through his achievements as an ornithologist. Through both paid and volunteer efforts, Dr. Cutright has raised
2010 Lifetime Achievement Award: Gene Roark
Gene Roark’s environmental protection and land conservation leadership in Wisconsin has spanned 60 years and touched dozens of organizations. He helped found the Wisconsin office of The Nature Conservancy, which
2010 Harold “Bud” Jordahl Award: The Baraboo Hills- Hwy 12 Land Preservation Team
Gathering Waters Conservancy is proud to present the 2010 Harold “Bud” Jordahl Award to eight individuals who helped implement one of the most creative and successful cooperative conservation efforts in
If you build it, they will send you photos
Gathering Waters announced a photo contest this spring, which was something of a nail-biter for us on staff. Will anyone send us pictures? What if it bombs? We anticipated about
This might be your dream job
We want to let you know that Gathering Waters is doing our part to spread optimism about the economy: despite seemingly constant news about grim national job statistics, we list
Now THIS is summer
At least down here in South Central Wisconsin, the muggy, buggy dog days dried up about a week ago and it’s been glorious. It’s appealing to think about a long
Envelope Please…
Congratulations to the 2010 Land Conservation Leadership Award Winners! Now in its 8th year, GWC’s annual awards honor Wisconsin’s most influential and inspiring individuals, policy makers and land trusts that are
From the Road: Land Trusts & America’s Great Outdoors
by Kate Zurlo-Cuva, Land Trust Programs Director Last week, Mike Carlson and I drove to Minneapolis because the President asked us too. The Obama administration has launched an expansive effort
“Environmental advocates can be formidable adversaries.”
Contributed by Karen Bassler, founder of Superior NonProfits, and Gathering Waters Conservancy’s former Conservation Programs Director. “Environmental advocates can be formidable adversaries.” So says Jack Kingston, U.S. Representative from Georgia, referring
Photo Credit
Isn’t this beautiful? It’s a photo from the Milwuakee Area Land Conservancy of shooting stars and the land that sustains them, forever protected because of the Conservancy’s work. We used this photo
Touring the Town of Dunn
Our Government Relations Director Mike Carlson escaped his desk for a few hours recently to tour the beautiful Town of Dunn, which boasts a land protection success story—one of a
Nine Years in the Making
A few of us at Gathering Waters have small children at home, for whom a week is a terribly long time, a year an eternity and 9 years unfathomable. We