“If I have any lasting worth, it will be because I have tried to make people remember what the Earth is meant to look like.” —Mary Oliver
Thank you to GLC volunteer Dusty Krikau for creating this beautiful video for GLC.
GLC is thrilled to announce that our GLC annual fundraiser on September 28th 2024, will feature keynote speaker Dan Egan followed by a book signing. Please mark your calendars for this important event themed on the health of our waters as GLC completes the planning and details in the coming months. The event will be held along the AOC Sheboygan River, have kayak and canoe tours to the mouth of GLC's Willow Creek Preserve, feature our City partners, have a lively conservation presentation with Dan (sponsored by Windway Capital, Corp) and ending with a WordHaven Bookhouse partnership with book purchasing and signing with Dan!
Dan Egan for many years covered the Great Lakes for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Now he writes occasional long-form pieces about climate change for national media outlets, including the New York Times, and is a senior water policy fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Freshwater Sciences. He is the author of THE DEVIL'S ELEMENT: PHOSPHORUS AND A WORLD OUT OF BALANCE and the New York Times best seller THE DEATH AND LIFE OF THE GREAT LAKES. Twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, he has won the Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award, John B. Oakes Award, AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award, and J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award. A graduate of the Columbia Journalism School, he lives in Milwaukee with his wife and children.
Dan Egan for many years covered the Great Lakes for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Now he writes occasional long-form pieces about climate change for national media outlets, including the New York Times, and is a senior water policy fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Freshwater Sciences. He is the author of THE DEVIL'S ELEMENT: PHOSPHORUS AND A WORLD OUT OF BALANCE and the New York Times best seller THE DEATH AND LIFE OF THE GREAT LAKES. Twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, he has won the Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award, John B. Oakes Award, AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award, and J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award. A graduate of the Columbia Journalism School, he lives in Milwaukee with his wife and children.
GLACIAL LAKES CONSERVANCY
Glacial Lakes Conservancy, is a non-profit land trust based right here in Sheboygan. A land trust is a non-government community-based organization that actively works to permanently conserve land. GLC is part of the national Land Trust Alliance which totals over 60 million acres of saved land from development.
GLC is one of 40 land trusts in the state of Wisconsin. We were established in 1996, serve 5 counties: Sheboygan, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Calumet and Kewaunee and have permanently saved over 2,140 acres of land from development. We own 5 preserves that we manage and hold 29 conservation easements on private lands. Conservation easements are legal contracts with landowners to permanently protect their property from development. Our mission is “To permanently preserve and protect land and water resources for future generations”. We do this by acquiring lands, creating conservation easements, executing land management plans and developing engaging events for the communities we serve.
We are proud to exclaim we are in the ‘forever business’. Forever. Let that sink in.
GLC is one of 40 land trusts in the state of Wisconsin. We were established in 1996, serve 5 counties: Sheboygan, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Calumet and Kewaunee and have permanently saved over 2,140 acres of land from development. We own 5 preserves that we manage and hold 29 conservation easements on private lands. Conservation easements are legal contracts with landowners to permanently protect their property from development. Our mission is “To permanently preserve and protect land and water resources for future generations”. We do this by acquiring lands, creating conservation easements, executing land management plans and developing engaging events for the communities we serve.
We are proud to exclaim we are in the ‘forever business’. Forever. Let that sink in.
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Trail Preservation Program
GLC is excited to kick off our Trail Preservation Program, which will raise funding towards the maintenance of our five preserves! Of the 2,000 acres that GLC has helped protect, we own and manage 304 acres—meaning we are responsible for taking care of the trails and land. Our active land management activities include keeping our trails mowed and clear of brush and fallen trees, checking and fixing trail conditions after a large storm or heavy snow, removing invasive species from the land, and hosting events for our community.
Every $5, $10, $15 donated adds up to help us keep the Preserve trails well maintained throughout the year for our community. This program will serve as a fundraiser for anything and everything that helps us maintain our beautiful trails for our community to enjoy: gas for our tractor, auger, and weed whacker, clippers and saws for trail pruning and invasive species removal, staff time to actively manage the land as well as plan events and volunteer opportunities for our community, and other general operating expenses to maintain our preserves. Thank you! Send checks payable to Glacial Lakes Conservancy at 529 Ontario Ave. Sheboygan, WI 53081 or donate online using the button below. |
