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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Four GWC staff recently embarked on a road trip to the Buckeye State—Columbus, OH to be exact—to meet and mingle with conservation leaders from across the region for the annual