Tree Planting Days ~ Point Creek Natural Area
May 3 & 4, 2019
Over 2,000 trees have been planted!
Thank you to all who raised funds, organized the project, and volunteered your time to put trees in the ground! Future generations thank you as well!
May 3 & 4, 2019
Over 2,000 trees have been planted!
Thank you to all who raised funds, organized the project, and volunteered your time to put trees in the ground! Future generations thank you as well!
The above pictures depict the pine plantation at Point Creek Natural Area before the timber harvest (left), after the 2018 timber harvest (center), and after the 2019 tree planting (right).
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Our Annual Dinner Auction & Membership Meeting
on Sunday, May 5, 2019 was our best event yet! Thank you all! 
See our EVENTS page for a complete list of event sponsors and auction silent auction donors!
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Wisconsin state funding for land conservation could expire soon!You can help by showing your support for the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program and encouraging your legislators to maintain this funding source!State funding for the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship will expire soon if the governor and the state legislator don't act during the next state budget. The budget cycle ends on June 30th, 2019, but the budget starts to be debated in the early months of 2019. Please join us in asking our current state representatives to support the re-authorization of the stewardship program and maintain the funding, currently at $33.25 million annually. This program has been used to protect more than 500,000 acres of Wisconsin's most cherished land, including the Amsterdam Dunes preserve located in Holland, Wisconsin and conserved by Glacial Lakes Conservancy.
Wisconsin is an attractive place to live, work, and play. Residents and visitors alike chose Wisconsin for the beauty of our natural resources. This is evidenced by out $18 billion outdoor recreation and $24 billion forestry industry. We have a rich history of conservation and most of us have deeply ingrained memories of being outdoors with our families as children, and now we create memories with our own children, grandchildren, nieces, nephew, friends, and other loved ones. Please let your state legislators and our governor know that you support the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program and that you would like to see it's funding maintained so that we may continue to protect Wisconsin land for the benefit of clean air, water, wildlife, and the Wisconsin way of life. "In the coming years, we must continue to ensure that Wisconsin’s Stewardship Program—one of our nation’s most successful conservation programs—remains strong and well-funded. If we do, it will continue to provide natural areas, state parks and bike trails that Wisconsinites will enjoy for generations to come." ~The Nature Conservancy To find out who your state legislators are, go to maps.legis.wisconsin.gov/. For more information about the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Fund go to dnr.wi.gov/topic/stewardship/grants/Index.html. |
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