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.

Gathering Waters exists to support a strong land conservation community across the state, and we couldn’t do it without our member land trusts.

Gathering Waters hosted a virtual conference, which opened with a series of weekly sessions on best practices in bird conservation for Wisconsin land trusts.

The program helps land trusts, conservation organizations, communities, and the Department of Natural Resources purchase land, build trails, maintain parks, and upgrade facilities.

At Gathering Waters, 2020 marked the end of an era as Dana Chabot, our longtime financial manager, passed his sharp pencil and calculator to the next generation.

Gathering Waters offers some resources on how to face the upcoming winter.

Fifty-eight conservation organizations, land trusts, outdoor associations, and community government agencies signed-on to a letter showing support for the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program.

Wisconsin Land Trust Days is a way Gathering Waters can fulfill its mission to strengthen and support the state’s land trust organizations.

On October 23, 2020, Gathering Waters presented the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration with the Land Legacy Award during a socially-distanced observance on St. Joseph Ridge.