The Northwoods Land Trust announces its newest land acquisition campaign – The Beaver Creek Hemlocks Conservation Project. The Beaver Creek Hemlocks is located in Iron County, in the heart of a concentration of important ecological sites including the Turtle Flambeau Scenic Waters Area, Chequamegon Nicolet National Forest and eight State Natural Areas, highlighting the
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The Northwoods Land Trust’s (NWLT) winter/spring 2021 newsletter showcases three recently completed conservation projects, including a land donation on the South Fork of the Flambeau River. It also announces our current land acquisition campaign – the Beaver Creek Hemlocks Project. NWLT is raising funds to secure the deed to permanently protect this remarkable property!
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NWLT received a donation of a 27-acre property on December 10, 2020 that includes 27 acres of forest and wetland and approximately 2,020 feet of natural shoreline on the South Fork of the Flambeau River in the Town of Fifield in Price County. Cecelia Rogers, Trustee of the Walter L. and Martha G. Hilgart Trust,
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During this season of giving, please consider offering a year-end charitable donation to our shoreline and waterways conservation programs. NWLT’s highest conservation priority is protecting land with extensive natural lake shoreline. With past donor support, NWLT has protected 40 miles of shoreline on over 90 lakes and ponds. Over $25 million in charitable gifts of lakefront
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Our fall newsletter is available for viewing and downloading! It features the Kabol Lake Conservation Easement, another new (anonymous) conservation easement that is our 91st, and the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program. NWLT’s newsletters are mailed to members, donors and landowners interested in conserving their land. If you’d like to support our efforts, please join as a
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On July 27th, our newest conservation easement was signed protecting 142 acres of land and 4,000 feet of frontage on Kabol Lake in Price County. Conservation values now protected include extensive frontage on a ‘wild lake’ as well as intact and diverse woodlands and wetlands. Although the land is not open to the public, it
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If you want to know what NWLT has been up to over the past year, then view and download our 2019-2020 Annual Report! It features recent land protection projects, land stewardship and public outreach activities, lists all of our 2019 contributors, and reports on our financial status.
Discover Wisconsin filmed the 2019 Land Trust Days events across the state, including our paddling outing at Lake Katherine in Hazelhurst. The episode aired on PBS on June 13, 2020. View the episode at the Discover Wisconsin website! (Photo courtesy of Discover Wisconsin)
The Northwoods Land Trust is looking for your input! We are in the process of updating our five-year strategic plan and we would like your feedback to help steer our conservation priorities going forward. Please fill out this short questionnaire through Survey Monkey. We appreciate and value your response as your input will help us focus our efforts into the future.
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Read NWLT’s Spring newsletter! It features our three most recent land protection projects and a memorial to Dan Wisniewski, a long-time board member who passed away, leaving a conservation legacy for Wisconsin.
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