Read on for some tips for land trusts to help prepare, host, and follow up on Land Trust Days events. 

The Yawkey Lumber Company was honored with the 2019 Land Legacy Award for their donation to Northwoods Land Trust of 431 acres of woodlands, wetlands, and natural shoreline in Hazelhurst.

After careful deliberation, two land trusts merged in 2018 to form Landmark Conservancy to further their impact on land conservation. In honor of this successful merger, Landmark Conservancy was named the 2019 Land Trust of the Year.

Four women that make up the Chambers Island Nature Preserve Executive Committee have helped protect nearly 850 acres on Chambers Island, making them the 2019 Conservationists of the Year.

With Bryan Pierce’s recent retirement from his role with Northwoods Land Trust, Gathering Waters presents him with the 2019 Harold “Bud” Jordahl Lifetime Achievement Award for his decades of service to the land trust community. 

Gathering Waters named Ben Niemann the the 2019 Harold “Bud” Jordahl Lifetime Achievement Award for creating a land conservation legacy that stretches far beyond his classroom. 

Conservation easements last forever — at least that’s the intent. But is your land trust aware that there may be a threat to conservation easements embedded in state law?

Land trust staff and board members — we invite you to serve on the Conference Planning Committee. It’s the best way to make the next conference what you want it to be!

The Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program has been renewed for two years at its current funding level of $33 million per year.

Gathering Waters distributed a survey to member land trusts in March 2019 to gauge needs and opportunities. Survey results will inform the Land Trust Council’s priorities and Gathering Waters’ future programs and services.

Future conservation efforts in Wisconsin will be devastated if the Legislature and the Governor cannot agree to reauthorize the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program for another ten years in the state budget. Learn what Gathering Waters is doing and how you can help.

Watch our video calling on legislators to renew the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program for 10 years.