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Our Story
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Glacial Lakes Conservancy, Inc. is a private,
non-profit land conservation organization. The original
founders saw that during the 1990's, approximately 8,000 rural
acres were subdivided for residential purposes in the
unincorporated areas of Sheboygan County alone, prompting a deep
concern for the future of our region's lands and waters.
They founded the Sheboygan Area Land Conservancy in 1996 as a
volunteer, membership organization to protect and preserve natural
areas and farmland within the Sheboygan Country area in
Wisconsin.
In January 2005, Glacial Lakes Conservancy (renamed in 2004)
expanded its coverage area northward to Kewaunee County. This was
accomplished by merging with The Rural Land Legacy Committee of
Kewaunee County, an active local group dedicated to perserving
farmland, natural areas, and undeveloped Lake Michigan shoreline.
Then in 2006, the Conservancy adopted Friends of Sheboygan's
Parks, a group dedicated to preserving and enhancing parks and
natural resources as a pilot program and as a way expand its
conservation programs to the urban environment. Concurrently, GLC
put together a Working Lands Advisory Group consisting of farmers
and farm-related businesses, to discuss the issues of protecting
our rich farmland.
Today, the land trust offers land conservation options,
organizational support, and technical guidance to landowners and
organizations in Sheboygan, Manitowoc, Kewaunee, Calumet and Fond
du Lac counties.
An all-volunteer and dedicated Board of Directors led by Shirley
Griffin, spearhead GLC's land and water protection mission.
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