The Call for Nominations for the 2022 Land Conservation Leadership Awards is open!

We’re so happy to report that we exceeded our goal. Your donations helped raise over $26,000 for land conservation!

Gathering Waters had the honor of presenting five Land Conservation Leadership Awards in 2021.

We want to say a special thank you to the 17 land trusts that scheduled 41 Land Trust Days events across the state!

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The recipient of the 2021 Land Legacy Award winner, the Paul E. Stry Foundation, received their award on September 30, 2021 at a presentation hosted by Mississippi Valley Conservancy in La Crosse. 

Tom Eddy was recognized for his efforts to protect lands surrounding Green Lake on September 2, 2021 when Gathering Waters presented him with the 2021 Harold “Bud” Jordahl Lifetime Achievement Award.

Susan Foote-Martin and Mark Martin of Arlington received the 2021 Harold “Bud” Jordahl Lifetime Achievement Award, during an outdoor celebration held on September 15, 2021 in their honor at Madison Audubon’s Goose Pond Sanctuary in Arlington.

John Gehl is the distinguished winner of the 2021 Rod Nilsestuen Award for Working Lands Preservation. He received his award on July 29, 2021 at an event hosted by Tall Pines Conservancy on its Eschweiler Lavery Conservation Easement in northern Waukesha County.

On May 6, 2022 at the Trout Unlimited Annual Meeting, Don Pluemer received the 2021 Land Conservationist of the Year for his work to improve and restore trout habitat in southwest Wisconsin.

A 110-acre tract of undeveloped woods, prairie, seeps and springs, and a tributary to Big Creek, a Class I trout stream is now protected through Mississippi Valley Conservancy.