Ozaukee Washington Land Trust was looking forward to celebrating the completion of a decade-long effort to protect Cedar Gorge Clay Bluffs. Instead, the project had to endure challenges when a Knowles-Nelson grant was suddenly blocked.

Nature-based events celebrate land trusts and highlight the important work they do to protect Wisconsin’s land, water, and wildlife.

The Town of Dunn received the 2022 Working Lands Preservation Award from Gathering Waters on July 27, 2022 during the Town of Dunn Food Cart Night, hosted by Groundswell Conservancy.

This new initiative will offer legal services to Wisconsin land trusts and deliver continuing legal education opportunities across the state.

At Gathering Waters our summer reading and listening recommendations run the gamut from the inspiring to the practical.

The Benedictine Women of Madison received the 2022 Land Legacy Award from Gathering Waters on June 21, 2022 during a community picnic at Holy Wisdom Monastery in Middleton.

Gathering Waters is proud to present Meta Reigel Brandt with the 2022 Harold “Bud” Jordahl Lifetime Achievement Award on June 10, 2022 at Northwoods Land Trust’s Annual Meeting.

Effectively navigating landowner succession is a growing concern for land trusts – and was the focus of a session at the 2022 Wisconsin Land Trust Conference.

Gathering Waters is pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 Land Conservation Leadership Awards.

Gathering Waters exists to support Wisconsin’s land trust community and our team is available every day to help address challenges unique to land trusts.

As the effects of climate change are becoming increasingly apparent throughout Wisconsin, land trusts feel an urgency to play a bigger part in solutions.

One of the best ways to explore this rebirth is a spring hike. Below, we share a few tips for getting outside this spring!