Conservation News
Feb 21, 2012
Blogger Marilynn Nash spends an afternoon on the Ice Age Trail
Marilynn Nash enjoyed the 9th Annual Snow Shoe Hike on the Ice Age Trail Hemlock Creek segment starting at the picnic area of the Murphy Flowage Recreation Area in Rusk County. It was hosted by the Blue Hills and Superior Lobe chapters of the Ice Age Trail Alliance.
Feb 17, 2012
The Ridges 75th Anniversary
As the Ridges Sanctuary near Baileys Harbor continues its 75th anniversary year, the organization is looking back on the people who had the foresight to protect the environmental preserve back in 1937. Executive director Steve Leonard says there is a reason why the Ridges has the distinction of being Wisconsin’s oldest member based nature preserve…
Feb 13, 2012
DNR grant to help conserve 15.2-acre Caledonia parcel
Nature lovers will soon have a new place to recreate in Racine County. The Caledonia Conservancy recently received word that it will likely be awarded a 50 percent matching grant from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. It plans to use the grant to complete the purchase of a 15.2-acre parcel of wooded land in the village.
Feb 09, 2012
Conservation groups seek grants for habitat area projects
Two land trusts have applied for separate 50 percent matching grants from the Knowles-Nelson stewardship program to assist with the purchase of land in Walworth County.
Jan 31, 2012
Libertyville couple donates $4.5 million of land in Wisconsin
Ken Aldridge has loved the Northwoods of Wisconsin ever since he was a child. So when the Libertyville resident learned that a favorite wilderness refuge near Minocqua was threatened by development, he decided to act. In June 2010, Aldridge and his wife, Carolyn, purchased nearly 3,200 acres of land near the Minocqua Winter Park, located south of Minocqua off of Highway 70, for $4.5 million. In December, the Aldridges completed one of the largest conservation easement donations in Wisconsin history to the Northwoods Land Trust, a non-profit land conservation group based in Eagle River, Wis., which will preserve the land in its natural state in perpetuity.
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