Right now, Wisconsin’s state parks and natural areas are open and free to visit if we abide by the “Safer at Home” order Governor Evers signed in March. We can keep our vital green spaces open by practicing some simple guidelines.

Gathering Waters applauds Representatives Loudenbeck and Kitchens for proposing legislation to renew the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program through the end of the decade.

Planning events early gets staff engaged, enables effective marketing, increases event attendance, AND helps raise funds through sponsorships and other major gifts. 

Thanks for making the second year of Land Trust Days a success! Whether you planned, promoted, hosted, or attended events, we thank you!

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!