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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
Full House
It’s a notable day here at Gathering Waters. Our whole staff and all three interns are in the office at the same time, an occasion so rare that we don’t
In the Company of Future Conservation Hall of Fame Inductees
I had a meeting “in the field” scheduled the day of Bud Jordahl’s memorial service. I contemplated cancelling it, since I would have liked to sit among Bud’s admirers and
A Tribute to a Mentor Unmatched — Bud Jordahl
by Vicki Elkin — Vicki Elkin served as executive director of Gathering Waters from 1998 to 2006. She is currently working on farmland preservation issues with the state Department of
