The 40-acre wetland tract is located in the town of Liberty Grove. It serves as a vital link in the North Bay wetland corridor.

The 42 acres of wetlands will help protect more wildlife habitat, improve water quality, and increase public access.

Driftless Area Land Conservancy plans to purchase the 245-acre Wintergreen property, which has been largely off-limits to visitors for the past 35 years.

The newly protected property is part of the Ahnapee River Wildlife Corridor, a vital habitat of wetlands and riverbank.

Seventeen scouts from three troops collaborated to design and create a new destination sign for the Ice Age Trail access point at Frenchtown Road outside of Belleville.

The school district is the first in the state to receive this designation. Students marked the occasion by helping build a new section of trail.

Tall Pines Conservancy works to reduce the loss of sustainable working land in Waukesha County.

In a banner year for conservation efforts, the land trust completed 17 projects for an overall total of nearly 9,900 acres of protected land.

Funding will be provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program.

Two of the land trust’s properties, Spirit Lake Preserve and Pukaite Woods, will be connected with a trail.

The Ice Age Trail expanded to over 700 miles in 2024. Volunteers set a new record for service hours logged.

Tall Pines Conservancy protects the 139-acre property with a conservation easement funded in part by the Wisconsin Farmland Protection Partnership.